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

Maharana Kumbha. Arriving there, he made several attempts to reach the fortress, but so steep was the hill, and so rugged the path that led up to the fort that Ran Mal failed to achieve his object. During the reign of Mokal, Ran Mal had, while living at Chitor, killed a Bhil zamindar named Gameti of a village situated at the foot of the Pái hills. The sons of this zamindar with other Bhils, were now actively assisting Cháchá and Maira against Ran Mal. Finding that without the assistance of the Bhils he could not reach the fort, Ran Mal went unattended to the house of the Bhil he had murdered. His widow was at home and the sons had gone out. He addressed her as sister, greeted her, and sat down. The Bhil woman said : “Brother, you did us great wrong, but as you have come to our house, we cannot do anything to you now.” Hearing the approach of her sons, the Bhil lady asked Ran Mal to go inside the house, and had his horse tethered at the back of it. Her five sons now arrived and sat down 36