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

Maharana Kumbha.
Maharana Kumbha’s treasurer Vela son of
Sah Kelá built a temple at Chitor and
dedicated it to Sāntinath.¹ Similarly a Siva
temple on a hill near the Sema village, not
far from Eklingji, and several Jain temples
in Vasantpur, Bhula and other places were
built in Kumbha’s time.
This shows that in Kumbha’s time, Mewar
was in a very prosperous condition and the
people were rich and happy.
SINGAR CHANVRI.
Midway between the Nava Lakha Bhandar
and the Nava Kotha, built by the imposter
Banbir in A.D. 1537, and near the Tower of
Victory, stands the “graceful and richly
carved”² building called the Singar Chanvri
or Vedi built by Bhandari Velaka or Velā, son
of Sah Kela, Maharana Kumbha’s treasurer,
in V. S. 1505 (A.D. 1448-49).
The building is square in plan with four
wings projecting from its four sides and raised
on a plinth some 5 feet in height. The main
or central chamber of the Singar-Chanvri
measures 22' internally both ways. Entrances
¹ Rajputana Museum Report for 1920-21, p. 5.
² Cunningham's Archæological Survey Report, Vol.
XXIII, p. 118.
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