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

CHAPTER X.
WARS WITH THE SULTANS OF MALWA AND
GUJRAT.
WE now turn to the foreign relations of
Mewar and see how the valiant Maharana
not only successfully defended his country
against the attacks, first made singly and
when thus defeated, made in combination by
the Kings of Malwa and Gujrat, then at the
zenith of their power and prestige, but carried
the war into the countries of his foes,
humbled their pride, took from them several
forts and cities, extended his dominions on all
sides and became the most powerful sovereign
of his time in India.
In 1443 A.D., Maharana Kumbha had
to go to Haravati to punish some rebels.
Finding Mewar unprotected, Sultan Mahmud
Khilji of Mandu, who had been smarting under
the shame of having been kept a prisoner in
Chitor by Maharana Kumbha, and burning
with a desire to take revenge and wipe off
his disgrace of 1437 A. D., invaded Mewar.
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