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

Maharana Kumbha.
and finding Maharana Kumbhakaran engaged
in punishing his father's murderers began
to encroach on the Maharana's territory
and took possession of a few villages on
the borders of Mewar. When the Maharana
came to know of this aggression he was
not slow to take action. As soon as the
rebels were disposed of, Maharana Kumbha
sent an expedition against Maharao Sahas Mal
under Dodiya Narsingh son of Rao Shalji.
Narsingh captured the stronghold of Abu,
seized Basantgarh and Bhula and annexed$^1$ the
whole of the eastern part of the Sirohi territory
to Mewar. A copper plate inscription of A.D.
1437 Asar, V. S. 1494) found in the Nandiya
village and at present deposited in the
Rajputana Museum, Ajmer mentioning a grant
of land in village Chavarli in the Ajari par-
gannah of Sirohi, shows that that part of the
Sirohi territory had passed into the Maharana's
possession before the year A.D. 1437.
The Sirohi Khyat says that Maharana
Kumbha was allowed by Maharao Lakha of
Sirohi to retire to Abu when attacked by the
$^1$ History of Sirohi by Mahamahopadhyaya P. Gauri
Shanker Ojha, p. 194. Also, his History of Udaipur, Vol. I,
p. 283.
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