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

Maharana Sāngā. Sāngā's country was surrounded by the Mussalman kingdoms of Delhi, Malwa and — Gujarāt except towards the west, where the Rāthors were rapidly rising to power. With all these three monarchies, Sāngā had to wage wars, and it is due to his military genius that Mewar came out successful in every one of them. Combinations were formed against him and he had to fight his enemies on all the three fronts at the same time, but his genius was equal to all emer- gencies. It has been recorded to his glory that he not only vanquished them and extended his kingdom at their expense but made them respect the frontiers established by him. He won the respect and attachment of all the Hindu kings of Upper India and raised Mewar to an eminence never reached by any Hindu kingdom since the fall of the Chauhan dynasty of Ajmer towards the end of the twelfth century. Sāngā's achievements raised him to a position in India which, in the words of Mr. Erskine, "inspired all his countrymen with hopes that a change of dynasty was about to take place; and they hailed with joy the prospect of a native 49