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

Maharana Sāngā.
das Parmar, whose descandants hold Bijolian
(Mewar), Rai Mal Rathor, heir-apparent
of Marwar; the brave Mertia leaders Ratan
Singh (the father of the celebrated Miranbai)
and Rai Mal, and others were killed after
performing deeds of valour.¹
The Rajputs lost the battle, not because
they were inferior to the enemy, but because
of one of those chances that have often
decided the fate of kingdoms in India,
irrespective of the intellectual and material
resources of the parties engaged.. It was
so with the powerful Raja Anandpal of the
Panjab who, in spite of his unquestioned
superiority over Sultan Mahmud of Ghazni,
lost the famous battle near Peshawar in 1008
A.D. owing to his elephant becoming unruly
and turning back in the midst of the battle.
It was so again in the case of Dara Shikoh,
who was chiefly supported by the Rajputs and
who lost the battle of Samugarh in A.D. 1658,
owing to his transferring his seat in the
¹ Tod says that Mahmud Lodi was killed in this
battle, but Mr. Erskine says that he fled to Gujarāt.
Mehta Nainsi's Chronicles give the date of the battle as
Katik Sud 5th, S. 1584.
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