Unpublished Inscription of Ranga Sangha

Summary

The brief article recounts the discovery and significance of an inscription related to the sixteenth‑century Rajput hero Rana Sangram Singh, popularly known as Rana Sanga. Although Sanga’s valour in battles against the Mughal emperor Babur is well known, historical records about his final days have been sparse. On a research visit to the town of Diggi near Jaipur, Raghvendra Manohar found a neglected stone slab embedded in the outer wall of the Sita‑Ram temple. The inscription, in local script, records rituals performed after Rana Sanga’s death and states explicitly that he survived for about three months following his defeat at the Battle of Khanwa in March 1527. According to the text, he died in Diggi in June 1527 (Jeth Budi 13, Vikram Samvat 1584). The article carefully transliterates the inscription and situates it within historical context. It notes that Diggi was an important estate of the Khangarot clan and would have been a secure refuge for a wounded king. The inscription’s references to funerary rites and offerings provide rare details about Rajput mourning customs and confirm local oral traditions about Sanga’s demise. Manohar argues that the discovery fills a gap in the narrative of Sanga’s life, corroborating later chronicles that hint he did not die immediately after Khanwa. By preserving the inscription and highlighting its contents, the article contributes to the historiography of north Indian warfare and Rajput politics in the early sixteenth century.