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

Maharana Kumbha.
everywhere meet the view. Besides the
twelve in the central Sikhars, there are
eighty-six cells of very varied form and size
surrounding the interior, and all their facades
more or less adorned with sculpture............
The beauty of detail—no two pillars in the
whole building being exactly alike—the grace
with which they are arranged, the tasteful
mixture of domes of different heights with
flat ceilings and the mode in which the light
is introduced combine to produce an excellent
effect. Indeed, I know of no other building
in India of the same class that leaves so
pleasing an impression or affords so many
hints for the graceful arrangement of columns
in an interior.
“Besides its merits of design, its dimensions
are by no means to be despised; it covers
altogether about 48,000 square ft., or nearly
as much as one of our ordinary mediæval
cathedrals; and, taking the basement into
account, is nearly of equal bulk; while in
amount of labour and of sculptural decorations
it far surpasses any.” ¹
¹ History of Indian and Eastern Architecture, pp. 241-2.
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