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

Maharana Kumbha.
ferred fame to success and cared less for
victory and more for praise of their personal
valour.' The repeated attempts made by
Sultan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa, after his
release by the Maharana to wipe off his
disgrace, by invading Mewar to obtain a
victory over Maharana Kumbha, shows that
Kumbha's release of Mahmud Khilji was a
piece of political folly, almost a crime. Had
the Maharana destroyed the Sultanate of
Malwa, annexed the country to Mewar and
consolidated his kingdom as any wise ruler
would have done he should not only have
saved Mewar from the several wars with
Malwa, which followed Mahmud Khilji's
release, but would have spared Mewar the
wars with the Sultans of Gujrat and the
subsequent sack of Chitor by Bahadur Shah.
Several instances of such misplaced genero-
sity may be cited. The Hun invader Mihir-
kula, who greatly oppressed the people of the
Punjab, was defeated and taken prisoner about
131 A.D.¹ but was sent home with all honor
by Bālāditya, the King of Magadha, with the
¹ The Krita, Gupta Eras in the Modern Review for July,
1932 p. 30.
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