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

Maharana Kumbha.
dilates on Kumbha's greatness of soul in
setting his enemy at liberty,¹ not only without
ransom but with gifts. Such is the character
of the Hindu; a mixture of arrogance,
political blindness, pride and generosity.
To spare a prostrate foe is the creed of the
Hindu cavalier and he carries all such maxims
to excess.”
Political blindness and misplaced generosity
on the part of Hindus so often illustrated
in the history of India, has been the cause
of their political downfall. They prided
themselves on their chivalry which consisted
of sparing foes, setting them at liberty after
capturing them, and allowing them to return
home unmolested. This no doubt proves
that they were chivalrous and fearless, and
lived on a high spiritual and moral plane;
but it also proves that they were not
men of foresight, and were, so far as politics
go, novices and therefore unfit to preserve
their liberties. The Rajput ideal of life
was “how to die nobly,” rather than
how to achieve success in life. They pre-
¹ As a matter of fact Abul Fazal praised Sāngā for his
capture and release of Sultan Mahmud Khilji II of Mandu.
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