The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761 between the Maratha Empire and the invading army of the Durrani Empire. The battle took place in and around the city of Panipat, approximately
Faizabad-style painting of the Third Battle of Panipat; the centre of the image is dominated by the twin arcs of the lines of guns firing at each other with smoke and destruction in between c. 1770
Sadashivrao Bhau
Portrait of Ahmad Shah Durrani
Balaji Rao's troops under the command of his cousin Sadashivrao Bhau fighting at Panipat
The Durrani Empire, colloquially known as the Kingdom of Afghanistan, the Afghan Empire, or the Sadozai Kingdom, was an Afghan empire founded in 1747 by Ahmad Shah Durrani, of the Pashtun Durrani trib
Third Battle of Panipat
…The Third Battle of Panipat took place on 14 January 1761 between the Maratha Empire and the invading army of the Durrani Empire. The battle took place in and around the city of Panipat, approximately 97 kilometres (60 mi) north of Delhi. The Afghans were supported by three key…
Delegates from Badakhshan in Peking, 1761
Muslim man from Afghanistan (愛烏罕回人). Huang Qing Zhigong Tu, 1769