महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

[Header] Maharana Sāngā

Surtan's brother, Sham Singh, on being deprived of Toda by the Afghan Lallakhan, had come to the Maharana, who conferred the fief of Badnor on him. Surtan succeeded him and was now Chief of Badnor at the foot of the Aravalli, within the bounds of Mewar. This fair "Star" (Tara) was a type of the highest Rajput womanhood. Stimulated by the reverses of her family, and by the incentives of its ancient glory, Tara Bai, scorning the habiliments and occupations of her sex, learned to guide the war-horse, and to throw with unerring aim the arrow from its back, even while at full speed. Armed with the bow and quiver, and mounted on a fiery Kathiawar, she joined the cavalcade in their unsuccessful attempts to wrest Toda from the Afghan. Jai Mal in person made proposals for her hand. "Redeem Toda," said the star of Badnor, "and my hand is thine." He assented to the terms; but having attempted to get a glimpse of the fair face before he had won her, he was slain in an encounter with her indignant father near Sādgaon, sixteen miles from Badnor, by 25