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

Maharāna Kumbha.
An inscription in the temple incised on a
slab of white marble measuring 1'1" broad
by 3 feet 3 inches high, and containing 47
lines of Sanskrit prose built up in a pillar
close to the entrance of the main shrine on
its right, gives a record of the Guhilot dynasty,
and says that the temple is dedicated to
Yugadisvara, another name of Rishabdeva or
Adinath, also called here Chaturmukha and
says that it was built in the time and by order
of Maharana Sri Kumbhakarana by Dhārnaka
who is described as paramarhata, a devout
Jain and ornament of the Prāgvata Vamsa,
which is now known as Porvāda Mahajan
community. His mother's name is given as
Kamala De, and father's as Kurāpal. The
inscription says that a Jaina banker Gunaraj
helped in the erection of the temple, and that
the town of Ranpur was founded and called
after his name by Maharana Kumbhakaran.
The temple was known at the time as
Chaturmukha-Yugadisvara Vihāra i.e., a
temple of four faced Rishabnatha. Line 46 of
the inscription gives the name of the architect
as Dipāka, and mentions that Dharanaka built
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