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

Maharana Sāngā. Prithviraj was all this time in blissful ignorance of the whereabouts of Sāngā and whether he was alive or dead. Sāngā’s marriage with the daughter of the Rao of Srinagar made known his retreat to Prithvi- raj, who determined to visit Rao Karam Chand with his vengeance for daring to give protection to Sāngā in defiance of his threats. The fates, however, willed otherwise, and this “Rolando of his age” was treacherously poisoned by his own brother-in-law, whose life he had spared. As Prithviraj was preparing for his ex- pedition against Karam Chand of Srinagar, he received a letter from his sister Ananda Bai, written in great grief, complaining of her ill-treatment by her lord, Rao Jug Mal of Sirohi, from whose tyranny she begged to be delivered and to be restored to her paternal roof. When Prithviraj read this letter, he was all afire with indignation and rage. Leaving aside for the present the projected attack on Srinagar, he instantly started for Sirohi, which he reached at midnight. Scal- ing the palace, he interrupted the slumbers 42