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

CHAPTER VI. MAHARANA'S CONQUEST OF MALWA AND CAPTURE OF SULTAN MAHMUD KHILJI. As Mahpa Panwar,$^1$ one of the assassins of Maharana Mokal, was given shelter by the Sultan of Mandu, a demand for his person was made by the Maharana. Sultan Mahmud Khilji, however, declined to surrender the refugee, pleading that it was against all notions of dignity and sovereignty to do so. The Maharana thereupon prepared for hostilities and left Chitor to attack Mandu. The Sultan advanced with a powerful army to meet the Maharana. Rawat Chonda, the elder brother of Maha- rana Mokal, who had surrendered the throne of $^1$ His full name was Mahipal. His grandson Karam- chand, Raja of Srinagar, gave shelter to Maharana Sangā, the grandson of Kumbhā during his days of adversity. See inscription of A.D. 1475 on the embankment of the lake at Pisaugan, Ajmer District, described in the report of the Rajputana Museum, Ajmer for 1911-12. Mahipal's son Rughnath's queen Rajmati built the Pisangan lake and Karamchand's queen Ramadevi built the great lake at Ramsar in the province of Ajmer. The village Ramsar in olden days was a town of respectable size. It lies at a distance of 24 miles from Ajmer. 49