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

Maharana Kumbha. established a seminary to teach the Vedas¹ to the Brahmins who had taken to agriculture. In A.D. 1433, the Maharana left Chitor to quell a revolt of the hill tribes in his dominions. While he was encamped at Madaria, a deputation came from the Chief of Gagroon requesting immediate help in fulfil- ment of a promise given by the Maharana at the marriage of his daughter. Besides seven sons, Mokal had a daughter named Lalbai,² who had been married to Achal Singh, the Kheechi Chief of Gagroon. Achal Singh had at the Hathleva demanded and received from the Maharana the pledge of succour on invasion of his territory. As Sultan Hoshang of Malwa, attacked Gagroon, Achal Singh sent his son Dhiraj Singh to the Maharana demand- ing fulfilment of his pledge. As the Maharana was preparing to go towards Gágroon, news arrived that Sultan Ahmad Shah of Gujrat had passed through Dungerpur and had begun to demolish temples in Jheelwara in Mewar. Mokal started to drive the Sultan out of ¹ Kumbhalgarh Inscription of A.D. 1460. ² Kaviraj Bankeydas in his Miscellany gives her name as Pushpawati. 29