But the Rana remained intact at the hills forcing the Mughal Army to move in further. The Mughal army settled at Mandalgarh hoping the Rana would come down from the hills and declare war. It was during these two months that Rawat Shakta Singh Chundawat had joined Maan Singh. They had arrived at the Mandalgarh border and camped there for two months. On 3rd of April, 1576, Maan Singh with Salim, later Jehangir, left Ajmer with the notable chiefs namely, asaf Khan, Mehtar Khan, Sayyid Ahmed, Sayyid Haseem Berha, Badaoni, Raja Jagannath Kachawara (uncle to Maan Singh), and Rai Loh Karan ( who was assumed to be Mewar's prince and brother to the Rana). Meanwhile, after settling the troubles with Jodhpur in 1575, Akbar reluctantly send his army to Maan Singh who was now stationed at Ajmer. The Rana also ordered the evacuation of villagers and townsmen from Kumbhalgarh, Kelwara, Dhol, Lohsingh, Khamour, Molela and adjacent villages.
This village was near the Haldighati Pass. On 29th October, 1574, 300 horses and soldiers were stationed at Dhol Village in the Kumbhalgarh district by the Rana. Maan Singh however had to wait for the war as Akbar had send his troops to an expedition at Gaur (Bengal). This led Maan Singh to challenge Mewar on a war and leave humiliated. Disappointed with this, Raja Maan Singh had a word exchange with the young prince who ended up questioning his pedigree. Around the middle of 1574, Maan Singh had arrived at the Udai Sagar Lake district near Udaipur and the Rana send his son Kunwar Amar Singh, a mere 16 year old to his attendence. A disappointed Akbar now decided to send Maan Singh again.
The next peace attempt had arrived around December same year or early in 1574, and this time it was Raja Toran Mal who went back impressed, even praising the Rana for his Rajput values. Rana Pratap Singh had recieved the Rajput king with great hospitality and eventually rejected his treaty with dignity. His father Raja Bhagwan Das was send to the Rana's court in October 1573, to talk peace with Rana Pratap Singh and offer him Mughal Alliance. He arrived at Gogunda on June 1573, most probably to know that the capital and the royal family had shifted to Kumbhalgarh. He was ordered by the Mughal Emperor Akbar to march to Udaipur ( or Gogunda) to meet the Rana in person and offer him a peace treaty with the Mughals. Maan Singh of Amer had been posted at Salumber which was a Mewar province prior to the Chittorgarh seize after his expedition to Dungarpur. In 1572, Udai Singh died, leaving the throne and struggle to his heir Rana Pratap Singh. The Seize of Chittorgarh saw many Mewari Bravehearts doing Saka or Jauhar while 30,000 civilians were killed brutally in a massacre. From to till Udai Singh's death the Mughals had occupied half of Mewar, through their emcampments.
During this time, with a few lesser known provinces, the Rana Of Mewar, Udai Singh II had refused Mughal supremacy or alliance. He had taken over other Rajput provinces either by war or by alliance. Akbar had invaded and won Mewar's glorious fort of Chittorgarh in 1568. Jalaluddin Mohammad, Humayun's son came to throne, in 1556, when Mewar was again a stronghold under Rana Udai Singh II. Chittor too fell shortly to Banbir, Vikramaditya's uncle who assassinated him. Things changed in Agra for Humayun after that. Humayun however won back the fort later, and gave the fort to Rana Vikramaditya forcing him to accept Mughal supremacy. Contrary to popular belief, Humayun had rested on his way from Gaur (Bengal) to Chittorgarh, which forced the Rani to commit Jauhar. The relationship was further questioned when at the invasion from Saurastra Sanga's widow Rani Karnavati had written to Mughal Emperor Humayun for help sending him a rakhi. Long before the Mughals under Akbar, Mewar under Rana Sangram Singh had successfully managed to keep the "Turk Invaders" under Babar at bay, fighting 17 wars big and small. Mewar was one of Rajputana's strongest individual kingdoms along with the likes of Marwar and Kacchawar (Jaipur).