महाराणा सांगा: द हिन्दूपत (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य एवं खानवा महायुद्ध इतिहास)

Maharana Sāngā.
wished. Bābur was yet more or less of
a stranger to Hindustan and he wished
to consolidate his power and position
by reducing to submission the various
Pathan Chiefs and semi-independent Afghan
governors of different provices of Hindustan
before engaging in a war with Sāngā, which
Bābur knew very well would mean the
latter's sovereignty of Hindustan or a final
defeat of all his hopes and ambitions.
Sāngā and Bābur are the two out-
standing personalities of the time in India.
Though Sāngā was no ordinary Rajput
king, Bābur was an equally remarkable
personality. Both were of about the same
age. Sāngā was born in A.D. 1482 and
Bābur in A.D. 1483. Both were men of
valour and had received their training in the
school of adversity. The early life of Bābur
had been a continuous record of trouble,
disappointment and defeat; but of unremit-
ting toil, ever-renewed effort, unflagging
energy, great personal bravery and confi-
dence. He had met with so many ups and
downs in his life that he never lost courage,
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