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

CHAPTER II.
MAHARANA RAI MAL.
MAHARANA SĀNGĀ was the third son of
Maharana Rai Mal, whose father, Maharana
Kumbha, had humbled the pride of Malwa
and Gujrat, the two greatest monarchies of
the time in India, and raised Mewar to a
position of great power and prosperity.
Kumbha's assassination in A.D. 1468
by his son Udai Singh, known as Uda the
Hatiaro (parricide), gave a terrible shock
to the chieftains and people of Mewar which
reverberated throughout Rajputana. Though
the parricide ascended the throne at Kum-
bhalgarh, uneasy lay his head, and he lived in
constant fear of losing the throne. Not
meeting with support amongst his own
vassals in Mewar, he began to squander
the resources of the country to purchase the
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