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

Maharana Kumbha. greatest sovereign of all times in Asia or Europe, and had had ranged against him not only the whole might of Akbar's empire, but also the knowledge and resources of the kings of Amber (Jaipur), Jodhpur and Bikaner. Yet he triumphed over this powerful combination and succeeded in preserving the independence of Mewar and the liberties of his people. For sheer intellectual ability, however, Kumbha takes the first place amongst the Maharanas of Mewar. If we consider his great work for the defences and the embellish- ment of Mewar, he again stands easily the first. As an ever-victorious monarch, he stands unrivalled amongst the kings of India of the last thousand years. Sāngā also was a great sovereign, and triumphed over all his enemies except Babur. Maharana Raj Singh had to fight the Moghal empire in India at its zenith, and succeeded in defeating the attempts of Aurangzeb to reduce Mewar to submission. But the heroic and successful fights the Maharanas were able to put up against the Moghal Emperors were 194