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

Maharana Kumbha.
Mehta Nainsi in his Khyat, page 69,:
relates how Maharana Pratap spared the life
of the commander-in-chief of Akbar's army.
In 1576 A.D., Akbar invaded Mewar and
sent his Imperial legions under the supreme
command of K. Man Singh of Jaipur. While
Man Singh was bivouacing one evening at
the village Lohsing with a thousand horsemen,
ignorant of the fact that Maharana Pratap
with his army was only two miles away
behind the mountain, Maharana's scouts
informed the Maharana of this godsend oppor-
tunity to capture Man Singh. The Maharana
could easily have wiped off Man Singh and
the 1000 horsemen, but out of chivalry not
to take an enemy at unawares, Pratap
abstained from attacking Man Singh and
allowed him to escape.
Emperor Aurangzeb invaded Mewar in
A.D. 1679. During the course of the war,
he was hemmed in by the army of the
Maharana and would, according to the English
historian Orme, have perished in the mountain
pass. He, however, owed his life to the
clemency of Maharana Raj Singh who after
confining the Emperor for 2 days, magnani-
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