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

Maharana Kumbha.
rupees, or near a million sterling, and this is
only one of the many magnificent works of
Maharana Kumbha within Chitor, the temples
to Krishna, the lake called Cooram Sagar, the
temple¹ and fountain to Kookgreoo (Kukresh-
war), Mahadeva having been erected by
him."
TEMPLES.
Maharana Kumbha built many grand
temples in Mewar. In each of the two
celebrated forts of Mewar,—Chitor and
Kumbhalgarh—as also in Abu, Maharana
Kumbha built a Kumbhaswami temple.
KUMBHASWAMI TEMPLE.
Of the three, the magnificent Kumbha-
swami temple at Chitor "which was like the
crown of the world,²" appears to have been
built in V. S. 1505 (A.D. 1448); for we find
inscriptions dated the V. S. 1505 (A.D. 1448)
¹ This temple was originally built by Raja Kukreshwar,
who excavated the fountain in A.D. 755 (Magh Sud 5th, S. 811
(Thursday).—Archæological Survey Report, Vol. XXIII,
p. 113.
² Kumbha's Commentary on Gita Govind, Sloka 63.
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