महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

CHAPTER II. MAHARANA RAI MAL. MAHARANA SĀNGĀ was the third son of Maharana Rai Mal, whose father, Maharana Kumbha, had humbled the pride of Malwa and Gujrat, the two greatest monarchies of the time in India, and raised Mewar to a position of great power and prosperity. Kumbha's assassination in A.D. 1468 by his son Udai Singh, known as Uda the Hatiaro (parricide), gave a terrible shock to the chieftains and people of Mewar which reverberated throughout Rajputana. Though the parricide ascended the throne at Kum- bhalgarh, uneasy lay his head, and he lived in constant fear of losing the throne. Not meeting with support amongst his own vassals in Mewar, he began to squander the resources of the country to purchase the 4