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

Maharana Kumbha.
the left, Tārā burj called after Tara, the
heroic consort of prince Prithviraj, son of
Rana Rai Mal and grandson of Maharana
Kumbha. Before we reach the Chaugan Pol
we come to Nārchhālī, a small empty reservoir,
from where, it is said, the tiger (nār) and the
goat (chhālī) used to drink water together
before the fort was built. After crossing the
Chaugan Pol, the visitor has to his right the
Topkhānā, where a cannon is pointed out
as a trophy brought from Nagor. Further
onwards is Nava-choki, which is really a
temple dedicated to Navadurga. Here is a
small fragmentary inscription stone in the
pavement of the hall floor. Therein only two
names can be traced, viz., those of Mokal,
father of Kumbha, and Prayāga, i.e., Allahabad.
The last gate, as stated above, is the Pāgdā
Pol, so called because the Mahārānā here
dismounts from his horse before entering the
palace.
Just inside the Hanumān Pol on the
ridge below the palace is situated the Vedi, or
the place where the Yajna in consecration of
the fort was performed by Kumbhā when it
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