It is a strange irony of history that Akbar began his career of the conquest in Mewar with the possession of the Forts of Chittor and Mandalgarh after the Battle of Chittor( 1567-68), and ended up retaining these two only at his death( 1605). The facts as explained above make us think that the right course for Akbar after Haldgi-Ghati War( 1576) would have been to stop the useless carnage in Mewar, to be content with the results already acquired, to hold the captured forts fast, and rally the population of that part to the standard of the principles followed in the Mughal dominion. Whatever may be the case, but only Chittor and Mandalgarh remained in the hands of Akbar, at the end. The application of Bhil Tribal infantry for dash and sudden attacks added a novelty to his system of warfare which no one can ignore. His defensive mountainous warfare became a technique in itself.
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Cutting the enemy's communications, surprise attacks and retreat, the new tactics applied scientifically to his advantage against heavy odds, were legacies which he gave to the generations following him. At the Battle of HaldiGhati, it is true - his army, initially, had destroyed the Mughal army which " started to flee(not retreat) from the battle-field after the Pratap army's onslaught **", but they committed a sad error by subsequent engagement in the frontal attack against the numerically much superior Mughal army with reinforcements, where four hours of action brought disaster and ruin to them but equally true is the fact that he made amends, by subsequently following the policy of abandoning a post and rallying his strength in the hilly strongholds. As a general and leader of men in war, Pratap was a person suited to the need of his own time and also "his conditions".