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

Maharana Kumbha.
Rajputs. The Chauhans reached the zenith
of their prosperity and greatness when
Prithviraj, king of Ajmer ruled the whole
of Northern India as its last Hindu Emperor
(1179 to 1191 A.D.) After the death of
Prithviraj, the Chauhans declined rapidly.
Prithviraj’s son Govindraj was driven out of
Ajmer by Prithviraj’s younger brother Hariraj
for accepting Shahbuddin Ghori’s suzereinty¹,
and had to retire to the famous fortress of
Ranthambhor. He and his descendants ruled
there for several generations. The last re-
presentative of this House, the celebrated King
Hammira was killed fighting against Sultan
Allauddin Khilji of Delhi² in 1301 A.D. and
the rule of the direct descendants of Prithviraj
came to an end in Rajputana.
Another branch of the Chauhan family
headed by Luxman, the younger brother of
king Sinhraj of Ajmer, took possession of
Nadole and founded a kingdom there in
V. S. 1024 (967 A.D.).³ The seventh in
descent from him, Alhan (V. S. 1209—
¹ Ajmer: Historical and Descriptive, p. 156.
² Hammira of Ranthambhor, p. 46.
³ Gaurishanker Ojha's History of Sirohi, p. 166.
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