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

Maharana Kumbha.
Rana Pitha Rájáwat, Shivaraj, Poorná Bháti,
Barisál and others gave up their lives
defending Jodhá.¹ Jodha reached Mándal,
where Kandhal joined him, and the two
brothers continued their flight towards Marwar.
They reached the Someshwar Pass in the
hills which divide Marwar from Mewar with
only a hundred horsemen. Chondá soon
came up, and to prevent the Rathods escaping .
into Marwar made a furious attack on them.
The Rathods collected round Jodhá and Kán-
dhal to save them. Both the Sisodiás and the
Rathods dismounted and engaged in a hand-
to-hand fight. Out of the 100 horsemen that
reached the Pass, Jodhá crossed it with but
seven. With this remnant of the 700 horse-
men with whom he had left Chitor, Jodhá set
foot on the soil of Marwar. He owed his
safety to the fleetness of his steed.
Chonda, who had patiently borne the
wrongs heaped upon him by Rao Ran Mal,
was exasperated beyond measure against the
Rao and was determined to take full revenge
for the ruin of his life wrought by Ran Mal.
¹ Mehta Nainsi's Khyat, p. 29, also mentions Bhim, uncle
of Jodha as one of those who died defending Jodha.
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