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

Maharana Kumbha. Three great personalities emerge from the events that crowd the life of the first half of the- fifteenth century of the history of Mewar. The dominating personality of the period was the great Maharana Kumbha. During his time, two other remarkable men appeared on the scene; 1. Rao Chonda, the founder of the House of Saloombar and progenitor of the Chondawats of Mewar; who in his life, illus- trated qualities, that illumine history and ennoble Rajput traditions; and 2. Rao Ranmal of Mandor, whose son Jodha founded Jodhpur and laid the foundations of the Rathod Power, which during the later Mughals was one of the principal forces to be reckoned with in Indian history. Great as Kumbha was, Rao Chonda also was a remarkable man. His nobility of mind and chivalrous character not only distinguish him from the ordinary run of chieftains in Rajputana, but have placed him amongst the noblest of Rajputs in India. Like Sri Ram Chandra of Ayodhia, one of the noblest of mortal men, and, according to the Hindus, “the perfect man,” Chonda, springing from 198