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

Maharana Kumbha. xxii
with the daughter of the Raja of Kishengarh who had
been previously betrothed to Emperor Aurangzeb are
then described. Further on, a description of the lake, its
construction, its measurements, and other things are
given. A full account of the visits of the Maharaja
of Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Bundi, Rewa
and others who came as guests at the consecration
ceremony, which cost 7 lakh, is then given. Aurangzeb's
invasion of Mewar is described. The inscription
describes the sack of Badnagar, Ahmadnagar, Begam-
pur and Bhangora by the Maharana, and the defeat
of the Imperial army under Prince Akbar at the
hands of Maharana's heir apparant Kunwar Jai Singh.
The inscription mentions that prince Bhim Singh
destroyed one big and thirty small mosques at Ahmeda-
bad. It gives an account of the overtures of peace
made by Emperor Aurangzeb, and describes how
peace was actually made with an exchange of precious
ceremonial gifts.
10. An inscription in Hinglu Vava, near Amberi,
7 miles from Udaipur, of the time of Rana Mokal of Mewar.
It is engraved on a large slab containing 35 lines. The
upper right-hand portion of the inscription is broken
off. It is dated the 5th day of the bright half of
Jyeshtha, Samvat 1487 (16 May, 1431 A.D.) and Shaka
1352. It gives an account of the family of Surpala,
a Gauda Brahman of Hariyana and his descendants,
one of whom, Vidyadhar, built a well in Maharana
Mokal's time. The inscription has now been removed
to Udaipur.