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

Mahārāṇa Sāngā.
to achieving as speedily as possible the
common aim. Halting action, faltering
attitude, waiting upon time to do the
work of the sword are fatal, and entail
certain defeat. If the Maharana had
possessed the restless energy of his elder
brother, the ever-memorable, the "winged"
Prithviraj, or if he did possess it, had shown
it in a speedy attack on the entrenched
camp of Bābur; or if, with Rana Hammir’s
energy, he had fallen on the dejected, panic-
stricken followers of the brave adventurer
from Samarkand, the Turk (Moghul) dy-
nasty would probably never have occupied
the throne of Delhi,¹ and the history of
India would have run a different course
from what it has done. The Maharana’s
delay in coming to an action gave time to
Bābur to instil some of his own courage
of despair, some of his own heroic ardour
into his dejected followers, as well as
¹ Mr. Elphinstone in his History of India, page 373,
says: "Bābur’s advanced guard was immediately attacked;
and though reinforced from the main body, was
defeated with heavy loss. If the Raja had pressed
on during the first panic, he would have obtained an
easy victory.
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