महाराणा कुम्भा (हरविलास सारदा - मेवाड़ साम्राज्य के अद्वितीय विजेता, निर्माता व विद्वान्)

Maharana Kumbha.
vassal.¹ He conquered Gagroon² (now in
Kotah territory), destroyed Visalpur³ and
raised to the ground the city of Dhanya-
nagar.⁴ He destroyed Khandela⁵ and Vyas-
pur.⁶ He conquered the famous fortress of
Ranthambhor.⁷ He took away the whole of
the wealth and kingdom of Muzaffar⁸ (King
of Gujrat) and humbled his pride (V. 7);
conquered Nagor⁹ (in Marwar) and plundered
Jāngaladesa¹⁰ (country to the north west of
Ajmer). He repeatedly defeated the kings of
Malwa and Gujrat first singly and then com-
bined, when their allied armies invaded Mewar.¹¹
¹ Eklinga Mahatmya. ² Ranpur Temple Inscription.
³ Kumbhalgarh Inscription, V. 265.
⁴ Chitor Tower of Victory Inscription, V. 25. ⁵ Ibid, V. 253
⁶ Eklinga Mahatmya.
⁷ Kumbhalgarh Inscription, V. 261.
⁸ Chitor Tower of Victory Inscription, V. 7.
⁹ Chitorgarh Kirtisthambha Inscription. For invasions of
Nagor, see Chapter X supra.
¹⁰ For a full account of Jāngaladesa, see my paper on Jangal-
desa, published in the Proceedings of the First Oriental Con-
ference, Poona, 1921 A. D.
¹¹ Chitorgarh Kirtisthambha Inscription, a part of which
is given in Cunningham's A.S. Reports Vol. XXIII.
The Kirtisthambha Inscription (verse 17) says that he burnt
Gujrat, conquered the ruler of Malwa (Mahmud) and destroyed
his pride. Further on (verse 171) Kumbha is styled Agastya-
muni (swallower) of the armies of the Sultans of Gujrat and
Malwa.
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