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

Maharana Kumbha. Maharana Kumbha’s treasurer Vela son of Sah Kelá built a temple at Chitor and dedicated it to Sāntinath.¹ Similarly a Siva temple on a hill near the Sema village, not far from Eklingji, and several Jain temples in Vasantpur, Bhula and other places were built in Kumbha’s time. This shows that in Kumbha’s time, Mewar was in a very prosperous condition and the people were rich and happy. SINGAR CHANVRI. Midway between the Nava Lakha Bhandar and the Nava Kotha, built by the imposter Banbir in A.D. 1537, and near the Tower of Victory, stands the “graceful and richly carved”² building called the Singar Chanvri or Vedi built by Bhandari Velaka or Velā, son of Sah Kela, Maharana Kumbha’s treasurer, in V. S. 1505 (A.D. 1448-49). The building is square in plan with four wings projecting from its four sides and raised on a plinth some 5 feet in height. The main or central chamber of the Singar-Chanvri measures 22' internally both ways. Entrances ¹ Rajputana Museum Report for 1920-21, p. 5. ² Cunningham's Archæological Survey Report, Vol. XXIII, p. 118. 161