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

Maharana Kumbha.
Arriving there, he made several attempts to
reach the fortress, but so steep was the hill,
and so rugged the path that led up to the
fort that Ran Mal failed to achieve his object.
During the reign of Mokal, Ran Mal had,
while living at Chitor, killed a Bhil zamindar
named Gameti of a village situated at the
foot of the Pái hills. The sons of this
zamindar with other Bhils, were now actively
assisting Cháchá and Maira against Ran Mal.
Finding that without the assistance of the
Bhils he could not reach the fort, Ran Mal
went unattended to the house of the Bhil he
had murdered. His widow was at home and
the sons had gone out. He addressed her
as sister, greeted her, and sat down. The
Bhil woman said : “Brother, you did us
great wrong, but as you have come to our
house, we cannot do anything to you now.”
Hearing the approach of her sons, the Bhil
lady asked Ran Mal to go inside the house,
and had his horse tethered at the back of it.
Her five sons now arrived and sat down
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