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

Maharana Kumbha. on the architectural art of building Towers of Victory (Kirtisthamba). Contemporary European history does not furnish an example of a great monarch who was also a great administrator, a great general, a great builder, a great poet, and a great author. India, with its great historic past, the home of religion, science and philosophy, where great ethical truths and cultural traditions have so deeply permeated the life of the common people, has been in a favourable position to give to the world great men. Amongst the Rajput sovereigns of Raj- putana, Kumbha occupies a most prominent position. His natural abilities and his achievements place him in the forefront among the great rulers not only of Mewar, but of the whole of India. The best known Maharanas of Mewar are Maharana Sānga, Maharana Pratap and Maharana Raj Singh. Now, Maha- rana Pratap stands by himself. He is beyond compare. He lived in times so different from those of Kumbha or Sanga, that no compari- son between him and the other Maharanas is possible. Pratap had, as his enemy, one of the 193