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

Maharana Kumbha.
Rao Chonda had 14 sons, the eldest
being Ran Mal. Chonda, however, was very
fond of his Mohil Queen, and wishing to give
the kingdom to her son Kānha, made his wish
known to Ran Mal. Ran Mal, to respect his
father's wishes, left Mandor ¹ with 500
horsemen and went to Chitor, where Maharana
Lakha bestowed a jagir of 40 villages on him.
Rao Chonda-died in A.D. 1410, and Kānha
succeeded him at Mandor.
Many years before his death, while
Maharana Lakha was still adorning the throne
of Mewar and embellishing the country, an
incident occurred, which, while it illustrates
the thoughtless character of the Rajput, gave
rise to an event which compromised the right
of primogeniture to the throne of Mewar,
and in the words of Colonel Tod, "proved
more disastrous in its consequences than the
arms of either Mughals or Mahrattas."
Lakha was advanced in years, and his
sons established in suitable domains, when
¹ Mehta Nainsi (Khyat, p. 23, Benares edition) says
that Rao Chonda at the request of his Mohil queen ordered
Ran Mal to go into exile and that several brave Rajputs
espoused his cause and went away with him to Chitor.
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