Complex sentence: At the battle Jankojirao Shinde had been taken captive by Najib Khan and later killed.It was mid evening after sunset, Mahadji on his horse BIJLI was chased for fifty miles by an Afghan party greedy for money and loot.
Split into simpler sentences: At the battle Jankojirao Shinde had been taken captive by Najib Khan and later killed. Mahadji was chased on his horse for fifty miles by an Afghan greedy for money and loot.