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

Maharana Kumbha. ferred fame to success and cared less for victory and more for praise of their personal valour.' The repeated attempts made by Sultan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa, after his release by the Maharana to wipe off his disgrace, by invading Mewar to obtain a victory over Maharana Kumbha, shows that Kumbha's release of Mahmud Khilji was a piece of political folly, almost a crime. Had the Maharana destroyed the Sultanate of Malwa, annexed the country to Mewar and consolidated his kingdom as any wise ruler would have done he should not only have saved Mewar from the several wars with Malwa, which followed Mahmud Khilji's release, but would have spared Mewar the wars with the Sultans of Gujrat and the subsequent sack of Chitor by Bahadur Shah. Several instances of such misplaced genero- sity may be cited. The Hun invader Mihir- kula, who greatly oppressed the people of the Punjab, was defeated and taken prisoner about 131 A.D.¹ but was sent home with all honor by Bālāditya, the King of Magadha, with the ¹ The Krita, Gupta Eras in the Modern Review for July, 1932 p. 30. 54