महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha. Rana Pitha Rájáwat, Shivaraj, Poorná Bháti, Barisál and others gave up their lives defending Jodhá.¹ Jodha reached Mándal, where Kandhal joined him, and the two brothers continued their flight towards Marwar. They reached the Someshwar Pass in the hills which divide Marwar from Mewar with only a hundred horsemen. Chondá soon came up, and to prevent the Rathods escaping . into Marwar made a furious attack on them. The Rathods collected round Jodhá and Kán- dhal to save them. Both the Sisodiás and the Rathods dismounted and engaged in a hand- to-hand fight. Out of the 100 horsemen that reached the Pass, Jodhá crossed it with but seven. With this remnant of the 700 horse- men with whom he had left Chitor, Jodhá set foot on the soil of Marwar. He owed his safety to the fleetness of his steed. Chonda, who had patiently borne the wrongs heaped upon him by Rao Ran Mal, was exasperated beyond measure against the Rao and was determined to take full revenge for the ruin of his life wrought by Ran Mal. ¹ Mehta Nainsi's Khyat, p. 29, also mentions Bhim, uncle of Jodha as one of those who died defending Jodha. 66