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

Maharana Kumbha.
mines of Jāwar in the hilly district of
Mewar were discovered. With the revenues
thus augmented, he rebuilt the palaces and
temples which had been destroyed by Sultan
Allauddin Khilji of Delhi. He excavated
many reservoirs and lakes, raised immense
ramparts to dam their waters and constructed
a number of forts.¹
Tradition has it that during Rana Lakha’s
reign, a rich Banjara constructed the famous
Picholā lake, on the bank of which the city of
Udaipur was built later. This beautiful
lake containing the celebrated island palaces
of Jagmandir and Jagniwas, is 2½ miles
long by 1½ miles wide. It was in one of
the Jagmandir palaces that Shahjahan, then
Prince Khurram, was given shelter by Maha-
rana Karan Singh when the former rebelled
against his father Emperor Jahāngir in 1622
A.D. The Maharana built a domed building
for the prince, the interior being decorated
with mosaics in onyx cornelian jaspers and
agates while a chapel was built near by to a
Muslim saint to keep the Prince 'in the odour
¹Vir Vinod, Vol. 1, p. 308.
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