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

Maharana Kumbha.
believe that this powerful combination of two
monarchs, each burning with a desire com-
pletely to crush the common foe, and having
solemnly signed a treaty with the express
object of dividing the Maharana's territory
among themselves should invade the enemy's
country from both sides and open the campaign
with such confidence and pride, achieve a
triumphant victory and yet the net result
of it should be the gain to only one of the
allies, of 14 mds. of gold, two elephants and
some nondescript things ! ! ! It is conceivable
that the Sultan took away with him the spoils
of some of the temples destroyed by him and
the plunder of Sirohi; and some annalist has
described the gold and the nondescript things
as nazrana or tribute. The Mirati Sikandari
says that three months after this, the Maha-
rana invaded Nagor, when Qutb ud-din again
came to Mewar, and after plundering some
villages returned to Ahmedabad. It is
difficult to believe that if the Maharana had
been defeated in this war, he should have
dared to attack Nagor within three months of
his defeat; or, that Qutb-ud-din who had been
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