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

Maharana Kumbha.
of Akbar, the greatest of the Moghul Emperors
of India to take it, when his hosts, led by the
greatest of his generals, the renowned Mán
Singh of Amber and supported by the armies
of the Rathods of Marwar and Bikaner, the
Kuchhwahas of Amber (Jaipur) and other
Rajput Chiefs, invaded the country of the
immortal Pratap.
The cunning of Akbar succeeded in
raising against this devoted land most of its
Rajput neighbours, and the fortress fell. It
was, however, soon recovered by Pratap; and
the successors of Akbar—Jahangir with all
his vain glory, and Aurangzeb with all his
craft and cunning—failed to make any im-
pression on this historic fortress. When
Prince Khurram, ennobled with the title of
Shah Jahan (king of the world), with all the
resources that the empire could command,
supported by Emperor Jahangir at the base
of operations, Ajmer, overran the country
of Pratap's noble son, Amra; or when
that destroyer of the Moghal Empire,
Aurangzeb, collecting the Imperial armies
from all parts of the Empire, vainly launched
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