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

Maharana Kumbha.
to this event, says :—
इंदां रो उपकार कमधज मत भूलै कदै ।
चुँडो चँवरी चाड दियो मंडावर डायजे ॥
“Rathods, never forget the great
benefit, Indas¹ have conferred.
Chonda was married : Mandor was
given in dowry (to him).”
Mr. Chintamani V. Vaidya in his History
of Mediæval Hindu India, says : “The
Rathods first took shelter under the Pratihars
of Mandor whom they subsequently treach-
erously supplanted.”² This sentence contains
two allegations : (1) that the Rathods took
shelter under the Pratihars of Mandor and (2)
that the Rathods subsequently treacherously
supplanted them in the land. He has, however
nowhere quoted any authority or given any
reasons whatever to support these allegations,
which are absolutely unfounded. The learned
author thus describes³ the advent of the
Rathods in Rajputana :—“In fact throughout
Indian history, Rajputana appears to have
afforded a sheltering ground to the Indo-
Aryans, whenever they were thrust out of
¹ Indas are a branch of Pratihar Rajputs.
² Vol. II, p. 99. ³ Vol. II, p. 68.
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