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

Maharana Kumbha. Chonda fully remembered that it was Ran Mal whose artful handling of the situation created by Chonda refusing the hand of Ran Mal's sister Hansbai, had deprived him of the throne of Chitor. He also remembered that it was Ran Mal who had brought about his banish- ment from his motherland. He also remem- bered that his dear brother Raghavadeva was murdered at the instance of Ran Mal. All these wrongs which had thoroughly embittered Chonda's life were raging within him like the fire which rages within an active valcano. And now that the opportunity for which he had waited all his life, came, all the pent up fury and hatred burst out with a force which was almost uncontrollable. Chonda's pursuit of Jodha was relentless He arrived at Mandawar (Mandor) close on Jodhá's heels. Jodhá unable to make a stand there, passed by it. Relying on the aid of the Bhátis of Poogal and Bikampur he took up his abode at the village Kāhuni,¹ ten miles from Bikaner. The Rana's forces took possession of Marwar and established thánás all over the ¹ Marwar khyat, Vol. I., p. 41. 67