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

CHAPTER IX. CONQUEST OF ABU AND HARAVATI. THE kingdom of Sirohi lies in the south west part of Rajputana, between 24'.20" and 25'.17" latitude and 72'.16" and 73'.10" longitude, and is 1964 miles in area. Its rulers belong to the Deora branch of the Chauhan Rajputs. The most important place in this kingdom is Mount Abu, the highest point of the Aravalli Hills ( Adāvalā ) stretch- ing from Delhi to Gujrat. Mount Abu, the “Olympus of the Hindus” as Colonel Tod calls it, was the seat of a powerful kingdom in old days. Abu formed part of the empire of Emperor Chandragupta of the Mauriya dynasty, who ruled early in the fourth century B.C. The territory of Abu passed successively into the possession of the Khshtrapas, the Imperial Guptas, the Vaisa dynasty of which Emperor Sri Harsha was the ornament; Chaoras, the Solankis, and the Parmārs. From the Parmārs, the Chauhans of Jalor 77