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

Maharana Kumbha.
was completed. It is a beautiful three-storied
building of great architectural merit; each tier
is decorated with numerous massive low
columns, resting on a sculptured paneled
parapet and sustaining the roof of each storey,
which being very low, admits but a broken
light to break the pervading gloom.
A memorable structure built by Maharana
Kumbha, in A.D. 1458, in the gorge below the
fort on the brow of the mountain overlooking
the pass, is the Mámádeva Temple. The
court of the temple is formed by a strong wall
enclosing a large area. The interior of this
wall was covered with immense slabs of
black marble, on which was inscribed the
history of Mewar from the time of Guhil,
the founder of the royal family, to Maharana
Kumbha.
Col. Tod thus describes the state of these
tablets when he visited this place on 19
October, 1819 A.D. “What a sight for the
antiquary! not one of the many tablets was
entire; the fragments were strewn about, or
placed in position to receive the flesh-pots of
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