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

[Header] Maharana Kumbhá.

Maharana Mokal's suzerainty, and in acknowledg-
ment of it used to send all colts born in Nagor
to the Maharana's stables at Chitor. ¹ The
Shringirishi Inscription of A.D. 1428
(V. S. 1485) says that Padshah Ahmad (of
Gujrat) was defeated by Mokal and had to flee
for his life, leaving his treasure behind. Also,
Kumbhalgarh Inscription of 1460 A.D. says
that both Firoz and Muhammad (Ahmad) were
defeated and had to flee for their lives. The
Eklingji Temple Inscription,² V. 44, of
1488 A.D., of the time of Maharana Raimal
says that Maharana Mokal obtained a victory
at Jahazpur over Firoz Khan.
Mokal rebuilt the great temple of Samidd-
heshwar Mahadeva³ near the "Tower of
Victory" at Chitor and made a grant of
Dhanpur for its upkeep; and gave the villages
of Bándanwara (now in the Ajmer District)
and Ramgaon (2 miles from Eklingji) for the
upkeep of the Eklingji temple. He construc-
¹ Kaviraj Bankey Das' Miscellany of Historical Records :
Record No. 943.
² Bhavanagar Inscriptions, p. 120.
³ This temple was originally built by Raja Bhoja, the
famous Paramra King of Dhar, and was called Tribhuvan Narain
Temple after Bhoja's surname, Tribhuvan Narain.
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