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

Maharana Kumbha.
Three great personalities emerge from the
events that crowd the life of the first half of the-
fifteenth century of the history of Mewar. The
dominating personality of the period was the
great Maharana Kumbha. During his time,
two other remarkable men appeared on
the scene; 1. Rao Chonda, the founder of the
House of Saloombar and progenitor of the
Chondawats of Mewar; who in his life, illus-
trated qualities, that illumine history and
ennoble Rajput traditions; and 2. Rao Ranmal
of Mandor, whose son Jodha founded Jodhpur
and laid the foundations of the Rathod Power,
which during the later Mughals was one of
the principal forces to be reckoned with in
Indian history.
Great as Kumbha was, Rao Chonda also
was a remarkable man. His nobility of mind
and chivalrous character not only distinguish
him from the ordinary run of chieftains in
Rajputana, but have placed him amongst the
noblest of Rajputs in India. Like Sri Ram
Chandra of Ayodhia, one of the noblest of
mortal men, and, according to the Hindus,
“the perfect man,” Chonda, springing from
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