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

Maharana Sāngā. Instantly, his wife removed the plate contain- ing the poison. Like a flash of lightning, the incident revealed the truth to Prithvi- raj. Overwhelmed by the solicitude of his uncle for his safety, he got up and said : “Uncle, now the throne of Mewar is at your service.” Suraj Mal replied that the throne apart, he would not stay in Mewar even to drink water. Passing through the wilds of Kanthal, he had an omen which recalled the Charani's prediction: “a wolf endeavouring in vain to carry off a kid defended by maternal affec- tion.” This was interpreted as strong ground for a dwelling. He halted there and subdued the native tribes of the jungles and erected on the spot where the wolf was held at bay by the goat, the stronghold ¹ of Deolia. He became the lord of a thousand villages and founded the State, which under the name of Deolia Pratapgarh, is now one of the eighteen Ruling Chiefships of Rajputana. ¹ Mehta Nainsi in his Chronicles says that it was Suraj Mal's grandson, Bika, son of Bagh Singh, who took Deolia and severed his connection with Mewar. 41