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

Maharana Kumbha.
he erected there the grand Vishnu temple of
Kumbhasvāmī, and near it, built a tank. This
crest-jewel of kings built four other tanks on
Mount Abu. He subjugated Muhammad,
destroyed the town of Nagapur (Nagor) with
the lofty mashiti (masjid), built by Peroz
(Firoz), imprisoned several young Muham-
madan women and took possession of the
treasure of Shams Khān while fighting in the
country of Jāngal. He laid waste Khandela
and erected the lofty temple of Kumbhaswami
at Chitor. Near it, he also erected another
temple of Adivarāha, dug a tank called
Ramakund, erected the lofty Kirtisthambha
and constructed a road for chariots from the
the bottom of the fort to its top. At Chitor,
he constructed Rāmarathyā (Rampol gate),
Hanumanagopura (Hanumanpol), Bhairav-
ankavisikha (Bhairavapol), Mahalakshmirathyā
(Mahalakshmipol), Chāmundapratoli (Chamun-
dapol), and Tararathya (Tarapol; VV. 1—42).
(Verses 43—124 were missing even at that time, A.D. 1678.)
He (Kumbhakarna) built Rājapratoli
(Rājpol=the palace gate) with an ornamental
Torana (V. 125). He built the fortress of
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