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

Maharana Kumbha. Rajputs. The Chauhans reached the zenith of their prosperity and greatness when Prithviraj, king of Ajmer ruled the whole of Northern India as its last Hindu Emperor (1179 to 1191 A.D.) After the death of Prithviraj, the Chauhans declined rapidly. Prithviraj’s son Govindraj was driven out of Ajmer by Prithviraj’s younger brother Hariraj for accepting Shahbuddin Ghori’s suzereinty¹, and had to retire to the famous fortress of Ranthambhor. He and his descendants ruled there for several generations. The last re- presentative of this House, the celebrated King Hammira was killed fighting against Sultan Allauddin Khilji of Delhi² in 1301 A.D. and the rule of the direct descendants of Prithviraj came to an end in Rajputana. Another branch of the Chauhan family headed by Luxman, the younger brother of king Sinhraj of Ajmer, took possession of Nadole and founded a kingdom there in V. S. 1024 (967 A.D.).³ The seventh in descent from him, Alhan (V. S. 1209— ¹ Ajmer: Historical and Descriptive, p. 156. ² Hammira of Ranthambhor, p. 46. ³ Gaurishanker Ojha's History of Sirohi, p. 166. 82