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

Maharana Kumbha.

that he defeated all his enemies, reduced some of them to be his vassals and incorporated portions of the territories of others with his own. He captured Bundi,¹ Bamaodá² and conquered the whole of Haraváti³ (country of the Hara Rajputs.)

He captured and incorporated with his dominions (Mewar) the towns of Mandalgarh,⁴ Shatpur⁵ (now called Khatkar), Khatoo,⁶ Jana⁷ and Chatsoo,⁸ and wrested from its Muslim rulers, the whole of the district of Toda⁹ and Ajmer.¹⁰

¹ Ranpur Temple Inscription in the Archæological Sur- vey of India : Annual Report for 1907-08, pp. 214-17. ² Kumbhalgarh Inscription (unpublished) in the Udai- pur Museum, verse 262. ³ Kaviraj Shyamaldas' Vir Vinod, p. 335. Also Kum- bhalgarh Inscription, Verse 264. ⁴ Kumbhalgarh Inscription in the Udaipur Museum, V. 263. The inscription calls the place Mandalkar. It was taken from the Hara Rajputs of Bambaodā. ⁵ Kumbhalgarh Inscription, V. 264. ⁶ Ranpur Temple Inscription. The town of Khatoo is now in the Jaipur State. It is famous for its red stone quarries. ⁷ Ranpur Temple Inscription. Jana is unidentifiable. ⁸ Ibid. Chatsoo is also in the Jaipur State now. ⁹ Eklinga Mahatmya, Sloka 157. ¹⁰ Ranpur Temple Inscription. Ajmer was taken by the Maharana from the Sultan of Gujrat.

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