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

Maharana Kumbha.
but finding the gates shut against them,¹
returned to Madaria and proclaimed Chacha as
Maharana of Mewar, Mahpa becoming his
Diwan. Finding however their position un-
tenable, they fled to the hills of Pai Kotra
with their families and throwing themselves
into the stronghold of Rātākot, fortified it.
Maharana Mokal left seven sons, Kumbha-
karan, Khshemakaran, Shiva, Satta, Nath-
singh, Viramdeva, and Rajdhar. Kumbha-
karan or Kumbha the eldest of the seven sons
succeeded Mokal.
Only four stone inscriptions of Maharana
Mokal's time have so far come to light. The
first is engraved on the lintel of the Jain
temple of Śantinatha at Jāwar and is dated
the Pos Sud 6th, S. 1478 (A.D. 1421). It
is published in Prachin Lekh Sangrah, Vol. I,
p. 35, Inscription No. 118 (Bhavanagar). The
second is in a tibari (veranda) in the Shringi-
rishi 6 miles to the south east of the Eklingji
Temple and is dated the Sravan Sud 5th,
S. 1485 (1428 A.D.) A portion of it has
¹ The Vir Vinod says that the traitors went to Chitor,
brought their families and sought shelter in the hills of Pai
Kotra.
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