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

Maharana Kumbha.
of the time of Khshetra Singh has so far come
to light. It is engraved on the door of the
Seetla Mata temple in Gogandā and is dated
the Asoj Vad 13, V. S. 1423 (A.D. 1366).
RANA LAKHSH SINGH.
Lakhsh Singh or Lakha,¹ as he was
popularly called, was one of the most
successful of the Maharanas of Mewar, and
reigned from 1382 to 1397 A.D. In his
father Rana Khshetra Singh's time, while he
was heir apparent to the throne, Lakhā led an
expedition against the fortress of Joga² and
conquered it.
He extended his dominions by the subju-
gation of Merwārā. He destroyed the chief
stronghold of the Mérs, Beratgarh, on the
ruins of which he founded Badnor.³ The
Kumbhalgarh Inscription of S. 1460, V. 212,
and the Chitorgarh Tower of Victory Inscrip-
tion, verse 36, mention this conquest. It
was during his reign that the tin and silver
¹ Also called Lākhan.
² Eklingji Temple Inscription, V. 35, published in
Bhavanagar Inscriptions, p. 119.
³ Tod's Rajasthan, Vol. 1, p. 274.
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