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

Maharana Kumbha.
powerful king of his time in India, headed the
confederacy of the Rajput kings of Rajputana
and the Pathan Sultan of Delhi, and opposed
the Turk invader. Thus, the Chauhans as the
Imperial Power in India, and the Guhilot
Maharana of Chitor as the suzerain power in
Rajputana, led the opposition, when the
Afghans and the Turks first came to conquer
India.
The Rathods came to Rajputana in the
thirteenth century A D. and rapidly spread in
its western parts. They had several times to
fight against the Afghan Sultans and Turk
Emperors of Delhi in defence of their country,
and materially helped in bringing about the
fall of the Turk empire in India.
The Kachhwāhas of Jaipur were minor
chieftains till the middle of the sixteenth
century, and only came into prominence under
Raja Bhagvandas in Akbar's time. They were
the first amongst the Rajputs to accept Turk
suzerainty: and they never took up arms
against the Emperors of Delhi.
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