Maharana Kumbha also called as Rana Kumbha is one of the most remembered rulers of the Mewar. He was the eldest son of the ruler Mokal Singh and Sobhagya Devi. He had to take the charge of ruling throne at the young age because his father died at young age and left a very huge empire for his son to rule.
Achievements of Rana Kumbha
Rana Kumbha ruled Mewar for about thirty-five years and under him it was believed that Mewar saw the “golden period.”
This ruler is still the favorite among all Mewar rulers because of his ways that he ruled and solved issues of his empire. He was forward looking and made sure that he could do all things that would help in solving the problems that his subjects were facing.
History has accounts that states this ruler was incredibly powerful and is said to have never lost even a single battle. The Rajputs then used to consider him as one and only Hindu king of that period. This was because at that time most of the Indian states and areas were under Muslim sultanate and dynasties.
Many Muslim principalities that were powerful joined their forces because there aim was to defeat Rana Kumbha. Even if the enemies were so united, all their efforts and conspiracies would be wasted because Rana was able to handle all of them, that to single handedly without any other rulers help.
After capturing Nagour, which was the Muslim capital back then, he established there also and titled as the “undefeated”.
Arts and music
For many art lovers, this ruler remains a very big inspiration for all such creative lovers. Being a great scholar along with a huge patron of music, he had written extensively on music and arts.
He encouraged so many people for making sure that music was not ignored by general people and other court nobles of the Mewar. Rana Kumbha spends and devoted a lot of time for the upliftment of the Indian classical music and also for preservation of the traditions of ancient Mewar.
Great builder
Rana Kumbha was said as the builder because under him many old projects that were left by his father were completed. He built about thirty-two Forts that include the Kumbhalgarh fort, famous Ranakpur temple and also the victory tower said as the Vijay Tower of the Chittor. While offering prayers and devotions to Shiva, he was killed in the year 1468.
