What it says
The slabs set out the genealogy of the rulers of Chittor and their deeds down to Kumbha. The prashasti was composed by Kumbha’s court scholar Atri and finished by his son Mahesh. The tower itself names its builder, the sutradhara Jaita, with his sons Napa, Puja and Poma, and every storey is carved with images of the gods, many labelled by name.
What it proves
It is Mewar’s own record, in stone, of Kumbha’s wars against the Sultans of Malwa and Gujarat and of the house that held Chittor.
