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

Maharana Kumbha.
clouds that surround him. The first pol (gate)
of this ancient fortress is the Hanuman Pol,
"which is composed of two noble towers built
with huge blocks of granite, black with the
rude blasts of some 1,000 winters. The
towers had been connected at the top by the
guard room, and the gate served as the
entrance to the lower fort, whose dilapidated
walls are discernable up the irregular ascent.
Another portal called the Champa Pol, from a
noble Champa tree close to it, which was
formerly denominated the "Gate of Wisdom,"
conducts to the inner fortress. The first
object that strikes the view on passing the
latter gate is the Jain temple to Paraswanath,
erected at the sole expense of a banker of
Māndu. Its columns are of the same charac-
ter as those of the ancient shrine of Ajmer.
"The upper fortress is attributed to
Kumbha. But he probably only repaired this,
the Donjon of Achalgarh, which with the
interior works, is of the most remote antiquity.
There are the ruins of a granary, the Bhandar
of Kumbha Rana, coated within with a very
strong cement. Close on the left, is the palace
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