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

Maharana Kumbha.
Giripura (Dungarpur) and put its ruler
Gayapāla to flight. He humbled the pride
of the Muhammadans at Sārangapur and
imprisoned several young women of the Lord
of Pārasikas (Muhammadans).
The unfortunate loss of the fifth slab
renders the account of Maharana Kumbha
incomplete. The fact that some of the slokas
are common to this and the Chitor Kirtistham-
bha Inscription (no. 14 below), as also the
fact that both bear the same date, show that
both of them were composed by the same poet.
This inscription gives a more detailed account
of Kumbha, while the Chitor Kīrtisthambha
Inscription is brief. These two are the most
important of all inscriptions of Kumbha's
time.
17. The Chitor Kīrtisthambha (Tower of
Victory) Inscription of Magsar Bad 5th, S.
1517 (A. D. 1460). It was engraved on
several stone slabs, of which only two are
now in existence, first and the last but one,
containing slokas 1 to 28 and 168 to 187
respectively. A photo transcript of these
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