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

Maharana Kumbha.
on the architectural art of building Towers
of Victory (Kirtisthamba). Contemporary
European history does not furnish an example
of a great monarch who was also a great
administrator, a great general, a great builder,
a great poet, and a great author. India, with
its great historic past, the home of religion,
science and philosophy, where great ethical
truths and cultural traditions have so deeply
permeated the life of the common people,
has been in a favourable position to give to
the world great men.
Amongst the Rajput sovereigns of Raj-
putana, Kumbha occupies a most prominent
position. His natural abilities and his
achievements place him in the forefront among
the great rulers not only of Mewar, but of the
whole of India. The best known Maharanas
of Mewar are Maharana Sānga, Maharana
Pratap and Maharana Raj Singh. Now, Maha-
rana Pratap stands by himself. He is beyond
compare. He lived in times so different from
those of Kumbha or Sanga, that no compari-
son between him and the other Maharanas is
possible. Pratap had, as his enemy, one of the
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