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

Maharana Kumbha. wara. The second is called the Hulla Pol; the third is the Hanumán Pol, between which and the summit there are four more gates, viz., tha Gate of Victory, the Sanguinary Gate, the Gate of Ráma and the Chaugán Pol. Colonel James Tod says: "It would be vain to attempt describing the intricacies of approach to this far-famed abode, whose exterior is delineated by the pencil. A massive wall, with numerous towers and pierced battlements, having a strong resemblance to the Etruscan, encloses a space of some miles extent below, while the pinnacle or Sikra rises like the crown of the Hindu Cybele, tier above tier of battlements, to the summit,¹ which is crowned with the Badal Mahal or 'Cloud Palace' of the Rana. Thence the eye ranges over the sandy deserts and the chaotic mass of mountains which are on all sides, covered with the cactus, which luxu- riates amidst the rocks of the Aravalli." As one ascends the fort hill, there is on ¹ Tod's Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan (original edition), Vol. I., page 670. 132