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Maharana Kumbha was born on this day to Maharana Mokal and Maharani Sobhagaya Devi in 1417 CE. He was just 16 years old when he became the Maharana of Mewar in 1433 CE, fHe would go on to rule Mewar for the next 35 years.
Under the great Kumbha rule by 1439 the borders of the kingdom were extended to Gagron in the east, to Nagaur in the west and from Pokhran in the north, right up to Gujarat in the south.
Mewar soon emerged as a vast kingdom that fought a series of successful wars against the powerful Sultanates ,
Sultan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa made several attempts to invade Mewar and capture Chittorgarh, but he was defeated each time.
Sultan Mahmud Khilji of Malwa made several attempts to invade Mewar and capture Chittorgarh, but he was defeated each time.
Finally, in the same year, the Sultanates of Malwa and Gujarat signed the ‘Treaty of Champaner’ against Mewar but it was to no avail. They were decisively defeated by the Rana Kumbha's forces and to commemorate his victory over sultanate he built magnificent 9 storey kirti stambh
Much of chittorgarh what we see today is built under Kumhha rule.
While strengthening Chittor's defences, Rana Kumbha had seven gates constructed and named them thus:
Rampol, Hanumanpol, Bhairavapol, Lakshmipol, Chamundapol, Tarapol, and Rajpol.
While strengthening Chittor's defences, Rana Kumbha had seven gates constructed and named them thus:
Rampol, Hanumanpol, Bhairavapol, Lakshmipol, Chamundapol, Tarapol, and Rajpol.
According to Ekling Mahatmya’, Maharana Kumbha was polymath well-versed in the Hindu texts including the Vedas, Smritis, Upanishads and grammar.
Some of us well know work in literature is ‘Sangeetraj’, ‘Sood Prabhandh’, ‘Sangeet Ratnakar’, Rasik Priya’ (commentary of Geet Govind in Mewar dialect, originally written in Sanskrit), ‘Kamraj Ratisar Shatak’, ‘Chandi Shatak etc. I
