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

Maharana Kumbha. 1218=A.D. 1152—1161) was reigning at Nadole, when his younger brother Manikraj migrated to Bambaoda in Mewar. One of his descendants, Har Raj called Hārā, gave the name Hārā to the family which is now known as the Hārā Rajputs, and their country as Haravati. Har Raj's grandson Deoraj took Bundi¹ in V. S. 1398=A. D. 1341 from its Mina rulers with the assistance of Maharana Ari Singh² and founded the kingdom of Bundi. Its rulers always recognised the Maharana of Mewar as their overlords. During the confusion following the murder of Mokal and the rebellion of Chacha and Maira, the Hārās of Bundi threw off their allegiance to Mewar and took possession of the fort of Amargarh by a stratagem, and began to molest the Rajputs of Mandalgarh. Maharana Kumbha, therefore, invaded Hārāvati, took Amargarh where a large number of the Hārās including Toghji, the governor of the fort, were killed. He also conquered Bambaoda, Bundi, Khatgarh and Mandalgarh³ ¹ Tod's Rajasthan, Vol., II. p. 460 ² Nainsi's Khyat, Vol., I. pp. 105-6. ³ The Kumbhalgarh Inscription of A.D. 1460. 83