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

Maharana Kumbha. dered. Udai Karan is known in history as “Udo the Hatiáro.” Maharana Kumbha left eleven¹ sons: Udai Singh, Rai Mal, Nagraj, Gopal Singh, Askarana, Amar Singh, Govin Das, Jait Singh, Mahrāwan, Khshetra Singh and Achaldas. One of his daughters, Ramābai, was married to the Yadava Raja Mandlik of Sorath.² The Kumbhalgarh Inscription, verse 251, shows that Maharana Kumbha had married several queens. Two of them, Kumbhaldevi and Apurvadevi, are mentioned in the Chitor Kirtisthambha Inscription, as well as in Rasikpriya—Kumbha’s commentary on Gita Govind. Thus, after a reign of 35 years—a reign full of glory and splendour—Kumbhá de- parted from this world, leaving behind him, a name which is honoured in history, and remembered to this day as that of one of the greatest sovereigns who ever ruled in ¹ Vir Vinod, Vol. I, p. 335. Mehta Nainsi gives the names of only five. ² Jāwar Inscription of the Temple of Ramaswami of V. S. 1554 (A.D. 1497). 111