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

CHAPTER XII.
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Kumbha's Achievements.
Maharana Kumbha's military achievements,
of which any sovereign might be proud, have
not often been surpassed in India. His high
moral culture prevented him from emulating
the deeds of a Timur or an Alla-ud-din Khilji,
and carrying fire and sword from one end of
the country to the other. The elevated
spiritual plane on which he lived, made it
repugnant to him to engage in aggressive
wars with his neighbours. His genius was
equal to achieving far greater feats of military
glory than what he accomplished, but his
heart, susceptible to the finer feelings of
humanity, abhorred all unnecessary bloodshed,
ruin and destruction, and he undertook only
such military operations as were absolutely
necessary for the protection of his country,
or, as duty enjoined, to punish evil-doers.
Fortune constantly smiled on him: he was
ever victorious in war. Inscriptions found in
Chitor, Kumbhalgarh, Ránpur and Abu show
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