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

CHAPTER VI.
MAHARANA'S CONQUEST OF MALWA
AND
CAPTURE OF SULTAN MAHMUD KHILJI.
As Mahpa Panwar,$^1$ one of the assassins of
Maharana Mokal, was given shelter by the
Sultan of Mandu, a demand for his person was
made by the Maharana. Sultan Mahmud
Khilji, however, declined to surrender the
refugee, pleading that it was against all
notions of dignity and sovereignty to do
so. The Maharana thereupon prepared for
hostilities and left Chitor to attack Mandu.
The Sultan advanced with a powerful army to
meet the Maharana.
Rawat Chonda, the elder brother of Maha-
rana Mokal, who had surrendered the throne of
$^1$ His full name was Mahipal. His grandson Karam-
chand, Raja of Srinagar, gave shelter to Maharana Sangā, the
grandson of Kumbhā during his days of adversity. See
inscription of A.D. 1475 on the embankment of the lake at
Pisaugan, Ajmer District, described in the report of the
Rajputana Museum, Ajmer for 1911-12. Mahipal's son
Rughnath's queen Rajmati built the Pisangan lake and
Karamchand's queen Ramadevi built the great lake at Ramsar
in the province of Ajmer. The village Ramsar in olden
days was a town of respectable size. It lies at a distance of
24 miles from Ajmer.
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