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

Maharana Kumbha. to this event, says :— इंदां रो उपकार कमधज मत भूलै कदै । चुँडो चँवरी चाड दियो मंडावर डायजे ॥ “Rathods, never forget the great benefit, Indas¹ have conferred. Chonda was married : Mandor was given in dowry (to him).” Mr. Chintamani V. Vaidya in his History of Mediæval Hindu India, says : “The Rathods first took shelter under the Pratihars of Mandor whom they subsequently treach- erously supplanted.”² This sentence contains two allegations : (1) that the Rathods took shelter under the Pratihars of Mandor and (2) that the Rathods subsequently treacherously supplanted them in the land. He has, however nowhere quoted any authority or given any reasons whatever to support these allegations, which are absolutely unfounded. The learned author thus describes³ the advent of the Rathods in Rajputana :—“In fact throughout Indian history, Rajputana appears to have afforded a sheltering ground to the Indo- Aryans, whenever they were thrust out of ¹ Indas are a branch of Pratihar Rajputs. ² Vol. II, p. 99. ³ Vol. II, p. 68. 14