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

Maharana Kumbha. xviii INSCRIPTIONS.

1. The (Chitor) Samiddeshwar (Mokalji) Temple Inscription of Magh Sud 3, V.S. 1485 (A.D. 1429). It is published in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. II, p. 410, and also in the Bhavanagar Inscriptions, p. 96. It is a long inscription containing 80 Sanskrit verses. It records the erection (renovation) of the temple of Samiddeshwar, and mentions the names of the Guhil rulers of Mewar from Ari Singh to Mokal, and says that Maharana Lakha freed the holy place Gaya, from the distress brought upon it by the Muhammadans. His son Mokal defeated Feroz Khan of Nagor, and built the temple of Vishnu and excavated a tank near it.
2. The Eklingji Temple Inscription of Chait Sud 10, S. 1545 (A.D.1489). It is published in the Bhava- nagar Inscriptions, p. 117. This also is a long inscription containing 100. Sanskrit verses. It records the various gifts of villages for the maintenance of the temple, and mentions the wars waged by Maharanas Mokal, Kumbha and Rai Mal with the Muslim Kings of Delhi and Gujrat. The writer, Maheshwar, was Poet Leaurate of Mewar in Maharana Rai Mal’s time.
3. The Shringirishi Inscription of Sawan Sud 5, S. 1485 (A.D. 1428). (Unpublished). It was engraved on a slab built into a wall at Shringirishi about 6 miles from Udaipur. The slab broke into 6 pieces, 3 of which are missing. A summary of it is given in the Report of the Rajputana Museum, Ajmer, for 1924-25 A.D.