Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c20.s3.68

v1.c20.s3.68

The Assassination of Rāna Kūmbha, A.D. 1468.—Kumbha had occupied the throne half a century ; he had triumphed over the enemies of his race, fortified his country with strongholds, embellished it with temples, and with the superstructure of her fame had laid the foundation of his own—when, the year which should have been a jubilee was disgraced by the foulest blot in the annals ; and his life, which nature was about to close, terminated by the poignard of an assassin—that assassin, his son !