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

Maharana Kumbha. the left, Tārā burj called after Tara, the heroic consort of prince Prithviraj, son of Rana Rai Mal and grandson of Maharana Kumbha. Before we reach the Chaugan Pol we come to Nārchhālī, a small empty reservoir, from where, it is said, the tiger (nār) and the goat (chhālī) used to drink water together before the fort was built. After crossing the Chaugan Pol, the visitor has to his right the Topkhānā, where a cannon is pointed out as a trophy brought from Nagor. Further onwards is Nava-choki, which is really a temple dedicated to Navadurga. Here is a small fragmentary inscription stone in the pavement of the hall floor. Therein only two names can be traced, viz., those of Mokal, father of Kumbha, and Prayāga, i.e., Allahabad. The last gate, as stated above, is the Pāgdā Pol, so called because the Mahārānā here dismounts from his horse before entering the palace. Just inside the Hanumān Pol on the ridge below the palace is situated the Vedi, or the place where the Yajna in consecration of the fort was performed by Kumbhā when it 133