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

Maharana Sanga.
pied the vacant seat¹ on the royal elephant.
A chattra (canopy) was held over him and
the chanwar was waved over his head. For
a little while the Rajputs continued fighting;
but the rumour soon spread like wildfire,
that the Maharana had been wounded and
removed from the field. The bond which had
tied the different sections of his forces
together was thus broken, and various sec-
tions of the Maharana's army, not finding
their leader present, left the field.² Rawal
Udai Singh of Dungarpur, Hasan Khan
Mewati, Raja Manik Chand and Chandra
Bhan the Chauhan chiefs of Mewar, Rawat
Ratan Singh Chondawat of Salumbar, Raj
Rana Ajja, Rao Ramdas Sonagarah, Gokal-
¹ A poet says:—
रघु सुराजन राण, सिरधारे गजसिर चढे।
काढे खल तुरकाण, ईस फत्ते किधीअजा॥
(Assuming on his head the ensigns of the family of
Raghu (the great ancestor of Rana, the chief of the Solar
dynasty of kings) ascends the elephant : cuts down the
wicked Turks, such was the triumph achieved by Ajja).
² A bardic song says that the Turks lost 50,000 men
in this battle, and that Ajja went to heaven with 9,000
brave Rajputs.
पड़ धर सहस पचास मेघ घण मार न मंडे।
नव सहस समट लेकर मडर सुरपुर दिसा सिधाबियो॥
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