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

CHAPTER I. ——— THE GUHILOT FAMILY OF MEWAR. MAHARANA KUMBHAKARANA or Kumbhá, as he is popularly called, was one of the greatest of the sovereigns who have ruled in Rajputana. The Surya Vamsha is the most famous of the ruling families of India, and the most celebrated of its many branches is the Guhilot family, which has ruled Mewar without a break for nearly fourteen centuries. It has produced some of the greatest and most powerful kings that have made the name of Rajputana resplendent in the annals of India. Inspired by the highest patriotism, ever up- holding Dharma though surrounded by power- ful foes and faced with almost insuperable difficulties, enduring without flinching untold suffering, and overcoming all by a self-sacri- fice and heroism which have wrung the highest praise from their bitterest foes, they have made the pages of history a continuous record of high inspiration and noble purpose. 1