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

Maharana Kumbha. genealogy of the Ranas of Chitor; but the Goths have broken or defaced all save one slab. "I gazed," says Colonel Tod,¹ until the sun's last beam fell upon this ringlet of Chitor illuminating its glory and griefworn aspect, like a lambent gleam lighting up the face of sorrow. Who could look, on this love- ly, this majestic column, which tells in language more easy of interpretation than the tablets within, of '...........deeds which should not pass away, And names which must not wither,' and withold a sigh for its departed glories ? " Colonel Tod further says : "The view from this elevated spot was superb, extend- ing far into the plains of Malwa. The light- ning struck and injured the dome² some years ago, but generally there is no semblance of decay, though some shoots of peepul have rooted themselves.where the bolt of Indra fell. It is said to have cost ninety lakhs of ¹ Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, Vol. II, p. 756. ² The old injured dome was removed and the present bulbous dome constructed by Maharana Swarup Singh after A.D. 1839. * 143