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

Maharana Kumbha. result that Mihirkula invaded India again, treacherously murdered the King of Kashmir and seized his kingdom.¹ Sultan Shahabuddin Ghori (Muizuddin bin Sam) was defeated and captured by Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan on the field of Tiraori in 1191 A.D. but was liberated and allowed to return to his country. He re-invaded India with an army of 1,20,000 horsemen and assis- ted by the Rajas of Kanauj and Anhilwara Patan, destroyed the Hindu Empire of India. Mahmud Khilji II, the King of Malwa was defeated and taken prisoner by Maharana Sānga in A.D. 1519. He was later not only set at liberty but was loaded with gifts and reinstated on his throne² by the chivalrous Maharana with the result that, soon after Sanga's death, this ungrateful man, to quote the Muslim historian Ferishta, "without any provocation, deputed Shiraj Khan with an army from Mandu to attack Maharana Ratan Singh,³ son of Maharana Sanga." ¹ Vincent Smith's Early History of India, p. 276. ² Brigg's Ferishta, Vol. IV, p. 263. ³ Ferishta, Vol. IV, p. 266. 55