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

Maharana Kumbha. xviii
INSCRIPTIONS.

1. The (Chitor) Samiddeshwar (Mokalji) Temple
   Inscription of Magh Sud 3, V.S. 1485 (A.D. 1429). It
   is published in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. II, p. 410,
   and also in the Bhavanagar Inscriptions, p. 96.
   It is a long inscription containing 80 Sanskrit verses.
   It records the erection (renovation) of the temple of
   Samiddeshwar, and mentions the names of the Guhil
   rulers of Mewar from Ari Singh to Mokal, and says
   that Maharana Lakha freed the holy place Gaya, from
   the distress brought upon it by the Muhammadans. His
   son Mokal defeated Feroz Khan of Nagor, and built
   the temple of Vishnu and excavated a tank near it.
2. The Eklingji Temple Inscription of Chait Sud
   10, S. 1545 (A.D.1489). It is published in the Bhava-
   nagar Inscriptions, p. 117.
   This also is a long inscription containing 100.
   Sanskrit verses. It records the various gifts of villages for
   the maintenance of the temple, and mentions the
   wars waged by Maharanas Mokal, Kumbha and Rai Mal
   with the Muslim Kings of Delhi and Gujrat. The
   writer, Maheshwar, was Poet Leaurate of Mewar
   in Maharana Rai Mal’s time.
3. The Shringirishi Inscription of Sawan Sud 5, S.
   1485 (A.D. 1428). (Unpublished). It was engraved on
   a slab built into a wall at Shringirishi about 6 miles
   from Udaipur. The slab broke into 6 pieces, 3 of which
   are missing. A summary of it is given in the Report
   of the Rajputana Museum, Ajmer, for 1924-25 A.D.