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

Maharana Kumbha.
to give his sister to the Maharana before
joining his festive board. Ran Mal would not
agree to this and the night neared the morn
with the festive board still deserted.
Not knowing how else to get out of the
difficulty, Ran Mal hit on a proposal which
he thought would turn the tables on Chonda.
He suggested through Charan Chandan
Khadiya that Chonda should renounce his
right to the throne of Chitor in favour of
an issue of the Rana by Ran Mal's sister.
The magnanimous Chonda whose sole desire
was to gratify the supposed wish of his
father, unhesitatingly agreed to this. The
marriage was celebrated and Mokal was the
issue of this union.
When Mokal was still a minor, "Lakha
resolved to signalise his finale by a raid against
the enemies of his faith and to expel the
barbarian from the holy land of Gaya. When
war was made against their religion by the
Tatar proselytes of Islam, the Sutlaj and the
Caggar were as the banks of the Jordan—
Gaya, their Jerusalem, their holy land ; and
if the destiny filled his cup, the Hindu chieftain
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