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

Maharana Kumdha. ted a beautiful tank at Pāpamochana Tīrtha.¹ He also built the Dwarkanath temple at Chitor with the tank attached to it. “He overcame the Nishadas (Bhils) and struck terror into the hearts of the Turushkas (Muslims).” An inscription in the temple of Mokalji at Chitor, v. 46, of S. 1485 (A.D. 1428) published in the Epigraphia Indica, Vol. II, p. 416, says: “He (Mokal) extirpatedthe Nishads and conquered the Turushkas (Mussalmans).” He went on pilgrimage to Dwarka and Sankhoddhāra.² Maharana Mokal built the high wall (Kot) round the Eklingji temple³ with its three gates. He constructed a tank in memory of his Bagheli queen Gaurambika⁴ at Shringirishi at Chitor, and the Baghela tank after the name of his brother Bagh Singh,⁵ who had died childless. Mokal gave 24 gold and silver tuladán, a gold tuladan being given in the Varāh Temple at Pushkar.⁶ He ¹ He presented a temple of Devi with an image of a lion made of Sarvadhat (all the metals) and a temple of Vishnu with a gold image of Garuda. Vide, Kumbhalgarh Inscription. ² Raja Prasasti, Canto IV. ³ and ⁴ Shringirishi Inscription, V. 16. ⁵ Kumbhalgarh Inscription of 1460 A.D. Also Raja Prasasti, Canto IV. ⁶ Kumbhalgarh Inscription of 1460 A.D. 28