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

Maharana Kumbha. The Chitor Kiritisthambha Inscription, verse 23, of A.D. 1460, says that Khshetra Singh conquered Idar and imprisoned its valorous ruler Raja Ran Mal, who had com- pletely defeated Zafar Khan, the first indepen- dent Sultan of Gujrat.¹ The Kumbhalgarh Inscription, verse 196, says "Raja Ran Mal had broken the power of Zafar Khan, who had imprisoned many Rajas. That Ran Mal (Raja of Idar) who had made large numbers of Muslim women widows, had to remain without a bed in Khshetra Singh's prison, when a hundred Rajas were imprisoned." The Eklingji Temple Inscription, v. 119, of 1485 A.D., says that the Maharana took away the State treasure of Idar and placed Ran Mal's son on the throne of that kingdom. The Kumbhalgarh Inscription, v. 119, says that Khshetra Singh conquered Toda, defeating its ruler Satal.² Rana Khshetra Singh died in A.D. 1382, leaving 7 sons, of whom the eldest Lakhsh Singh succeeded him. Only one inscription ¹ Lane Poole's Muhammadan Dynasties of India, p. 312. ² For an account of Todā, see Archæological Survey Report for 1872-73, Vol; VI, p. 124. 7