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

Maharana Kumbha.
1218=A.D. 1152—1161) was reigning at
Nadole, when his younger brother Manikraj
migrated to Bambaoda in Mewar. One of
his descendants, Har Raj called Hārā, gave
the name Hārā to the family which is now
known as the Hārā Rajputs, and their country
as Haravati. Har Raj's grandson Deoraj took
Bundi¹ in V. S. 1398=A. D. 1341 from its
Mina rulers with the assistance of Maharana
Ari Singh² and founded the kingdom of Bundi.
Its rulers always recognised the Maharana of
Mewar as their overlords.
During the confusion following the murder
of Mokal and the rebellion of Chacha and
Maira, the Hārās of Bundi threw off their
allegiance to Mewar and took possession of
the fort of Amargarh by a stratagem, and
began to molest the Rajputs of Mandalgarh.
Maharana Kumbha, therefore, invaded
Hārāvati, took Amargarh where a large number
of the Hārās including Toghji, the governor
of the fort, were killed. He also conquered
Bambaoda, Bundi, Khatgarh and Mandalgarh³
¹ Tod's Rajasthan, Vol., II. p. 460
² Nainsi's Khyat, Vol., I. pp. 105-6.
³ The Kumbhalgarh Inscription of A.D. 1460.
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