In the meantime, Mewar was attacked for the second time by Bahadur Shah of Gujarat, at whose hands Vikramaditya had earlier received a defeat.

The antagonized nobles were not ready to fight for Vikramaditya and the imminent battle was sure to be another blot in the history of Sisodias.

However, this is not supported by any contemporary writer, and modern historians like Satish Chandra consider this to be a fable[citation needed] rather than a historical fact.

[1] Karnavati agreed to send her sons to Bundi and told her trusted maid Panna Dai to accompany them and take good care of them.

Realizing that defeat was imminent, Karnavati and the other noble ladies of the court immolated themselves in Jauhar on March 8, 1535 AD, while all the men donned saffron clothes and went out to fight to the death and thus committed Saka.