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

Maharana Sāngā.
which he marched and fell on his enemy
earned for him the title of Udnā Prithvi-
raj, the “winged Prithviraj.” ¹
One of the earliest exploits of Prithvi-
raj, which made him famous in Rajputana,
was his daring raid on Girnār in the heart
of Gujrat. Maharana Rai Mal's sister—
Maharana Kumbha's daughter—Ramā Bai,
had been married to Raja Mandlik
Jādava (Yadava) of Surashtra (Girnār).²
¹ Mehta Nainsi says that Prithviraj attacked
Toda and Jalor—two places separated by 200 miles
from each other—on one and the same day, and that
thenceforth he was called “Udnā Prithviraj.”
² Mehta Nainsi in his Chronicles says that King
Mandlik was a powerful ruler and commanded an army
of twenty thousand Rajputs, and used to construct new
tanks every year. He used to bathe every day with
Ganges water and drink no water but that of the Ganges.
The reason of his fall, according to Nainsi, was his
uncontrolled passion for the wife of a Charan. Akho,
son of Surtan, was a Charan attached to the principal
gate of his fortress. His wife Nagdevi, was possessed
of supernatural powers. Nagdevi's son had married a
Padmini, whose son, Nagarjuna, went to Sultan Mahmud
Begara and won his favour and obtained from him two
mares named Labah and Lakshmi. From them,
Nagarjuna had two horses, Uchasaro and Amolak, which
became famous. Raja Mandlik hearing of their fame
sent for them. The Charan refusing to give them up, the
Raja himself went to Nagarjuna for them, but was no
more successful than his men. After some time, a barber
of the Raja happened to go to Nagdevi, who asked him
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