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

Maharana Kumbha. rupees, or near a million sterling, and this is only one of the many magnificent works of Maharana Kumbha within Chitor, the temples to Krishna, the lake called Cooram Sagar, the temple¹ and fountain to Kookgreoo (Kukresh- war), Mahadeva having been erected by him." TEMPLES. Maharana Kumbha built many grand temples in Mewar. In each of the two celebrated forts of Mewar,—Chitor and Kumbhalgarh—as also in Abu, Maharana Kumbha built a Kumbhaswami temple. KUMBHASWAMI TEMPLE. Of the three, the magnificent Kumbha- swami temple at Chitor "which was like the crown of the world,²" appears to have been built in V. S. 1505 (A.D. 1448); for we find inscriptions dated the V. S. 1505 (A.D. 1448) ¹ This temple was originally built by Raja Kukreshwar, who excavated the fountain in A.D. 755 (Magh Sud 5th, S. 811 (Thursday).—Archæological Survey Report, Vol. XXIII, p. 113. ² Kumbha's Commentary on Gita Govind, Sloka 63. 144