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

Maharana Kumbha.
shrine on the opposite side of the valley, and
almost in the gorge of the pass. “It was most
happily situated, being quite isolated, over-
looking the road leading to Marwar, and
consisted of a simple dome of very moderate
dimensions supported by columns, without
any intervening object to obstruct the view
of the little monumental alter arising out of
the centre of the platform. It was the
Sybilline temple of Tivoli in miniature. To
it, over rock and ruin, I descended. Here
repose the ashes of the Troubadour of Mewar,
the gallant Prithviraj, and his heroine wife,
Tara Bai,¹ whose lives and exploits fill many
a page of the legendary romances of Mewar.”²
In the shrine is a memorial stone on which
various small figures are sculptured on each
one of its four sides, with small inscriptions
above, descriptive of them. Thus e. g, on
the east side it bears five figures, the central
one of which rides a horse. He is called
¹ This fair 'star' (Tara) was the daughter of Rao
Soortan, the chieftain of Badnor. For some account of Tarabai
and Prince Prithviraj see my monograph on "Maharana Sanga",
Chapter IV. Prithviraj was one of the most heroic Rajputs
that adorn the history of Rajputana.
² Tod's Rajasthan, Vol. I, p. 673.
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