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

Maharana Kumbha. of the time of Khshetra Singh has so far come to light. It is engraved on the door of the Seetla Mata temple in Gogandā and is dated the Asoj Vad 13, V. S. 1423 (A.D. 1366). RANA LAKHSH SINGH. Lakhsh Singh or Lakha,¹ as he was popularly called, was one of the most successful of the Maharanas of Mewar, and reigned from 1382 to 1397 A.D. In his father Rana Khshetra Singh's time, while he was heir apparent to the throne, Lakhā led an expedition against the fortress of Joga² and conquered it. He extended his dominions by the subju- gation of Merwārā. He destroyed the chief stronghold of the Mérs, Beratgarh, on the ruins of which he founded Badnor.³ The Kumbhalgarh Inscription of S. 1460, V. 212, and the Chitorgarh Tower of Victory Inscrip- tion, verse 36, mention this conquest. It was during his reign that the tin and silver ¹ Also called Lākhan. ² Eklingji Temple Inscription, V. 35, published in Bhavanagar Inscriptions, p. 119. ³ Tod's Rajasthan, Vol. 1, p. 274. 8