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

Maharana Sāngā.
Prithviraj was all this time in blissful
ignorance of the whereabouts of Sāngā and
whether he was alive or dead. Sāngā’s
marriage with the daughter of the Rao of
Srinagar made known his retreat to Prithvi-
raj, who determined to visit Rao Karam
Chand with his vengeance for daring to give
protection to Sāngā in defiance of his threats.
The fates, however, willed otherwise, and
this “Rolando of his age” was treacherously
poisoned by his own brother-in-law, whose
life he had spared.
As Prithviraj was preparing for his ex-
pedition against Karam Chand of Srinagar,
he received a letter from his sister Ananda
Bai, written in great grief, complaining of her
ill-treatment by her lord, Rao Jug Mal of
Sirohi, from whose tyranny she begged to be
delivered and to be restored to her paternal
roof. When Prithviraj read this letter, he
was all afire with indignation and rage.
Leaving aside for the present the projected
attack on Srinagar, he instantly started for
Sirohi, which he reached at midnight. Scal-
ing the palace, he interrupted the slumbers
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