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

Maharana Kumbha.
An occasion soon presented itself to the
traitors for carrying into execution their
nefarious design. One night while the Maha-
rana was encamped at Bāgor, the two traitors,
collecting a small force, surprised the Maharana
in his tents. The Maharana's attendants
prepared to defend him. Nine men stood
by the Maharana, five by his Queen Hadiji
and five by Malesi Dodiya, the gatekeeper of
the palace. The Maharana, Rani Hadiji and
Malesi defended themselves bravely but were
killed, not however, till they had slain 19
of the conspirators and wounded Chacha and
Mahpa. Seventy of the Maharana's men,
including Sanwaldas, were slain. The Maha-
rana's eldest son Kumbha escaped with
difficulty. Going to the house of a Patel
who owned two of the fleetest horses in
Mewar, he mounted one and killing the other
at the suggestion of the Patel to baffle
pursuit, escaped and reached Chitor. The
traitors, who were looking out for Kumbha,
were at the Patel's house soon after his
departure, but seeing one steed lying dead
and the other gone, they returned to their
tents. The traitors thence went to Chitor
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