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

Maharana Sāngā.
Sāngā's country was surrounded by the
Mussalman kingdoms of Delhi, Malwa and —
Gujarāt except towards the west, where the
Rāthors were rapidly rising to power.
With all these three monarchies, Sāngā had
to wage wars, and it is due to his military
genius that Mewar came out successful in
every one of them. Combinations were
formed against him and he had to fight his
enemies on all the three fronts at the same
time, but his genius was equal to all emer-
gencies. It has been recorded to his glory
that he not only vanquished them and
extended his kingdom at their expense but
made them respect the frontiers established
by him. He won the respect and attachment
of all the Hindu kings of Upper India and
raised Mewar to an eminence never reached
by any Hindu kingdom since the fall of the
Chauhan dynasty of Ajmer towards the end
of the twelfth century. Sāngā's achievements
raised him to a position in India which, in the
words of Mr. Erskine, "inspired all his
countrymen with hopes that a change of
dynasty was about to take place; and they
hailed with joy the prospect of a native
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