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

Maharana Sāngā.
by an elephant. Tara Bai with her scimitar
divided his trunk, and the animal fleeing,
they joined their cavalcade, which was close
at hand.
“The Afghans were encountered, and
could not stand the attack. Those who did
not flee were cut to pieces ; and the gallant
Prithviraj inducted the father of his bride
into his inheritance.¹ A brother of the
Afghan, in his attempt to recover it, lost
his life.
“Nawab Malloo Khan, then holding
Ajmer, determined to oppose the Sesodia
prince in person ; who, resolved upon being
the assailant, advanced to Ajmer, encoun-
tered his foe in the camp at day-break, and
after great slaughter entered Garh Beetli,
the citadel, with the fugitives. ‘By these
acts,’ says the chronicle, ‘his fame in-
creased in Rajwara : one thousand Rajputs,
animated by the same love of glory and
devotion, gathered round the nakarras of
¹ द्रड चढे प्राथिमल्ल भाजे टोडो
लल्ला तणैं घर घारे लोह ।
Prithviraj arms himself against Lalla and heading
an army breaks Toda.
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