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<div>{{Short description|Victory monument within Chittor Fort in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox building<br />
| name = Vijaya Stambha<br />
| alternate_names = Victory Tower<br />
| image = File:Tower of victory.jpg<br />
| caption = ''Vijaya Stambha'' (Tower of Victory)<br />
| location = [[Chittorgarh]], [[Rajasthan]], [[India]]<br />
| map_type = India#Rajasthan<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|24.887870|74.645157|display=inline,title}}<br />
| height = {{convert|37.19|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=asi>{{cite web|title=Chittaurgarh Fort, Distt. Chittaurgarh|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_raj_chittor.asp|website=Archaeological Survey of India|access-date=15 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071021024949/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_tktd_raj_chittor.asp |archive-date=2007-10-21}}</ref><br />
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| completion_date = 1448<ref name=asi /><br />
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| building_type = Tower<br />
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| floor_count = 9<ref name=asi /><br />
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| architect = Sutradhar Jaita<ref name=asi /><br />
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The Vijaya Stambha is an imposing victory monument located within Chittor Fort in Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, India. The tower was constructed by the [[Hindu]] king [[Rana Kumbha]] of Mewar in 1448 to commemorate his victory over the combined armies of Malwa and Gujarat sultanates led by Mahmud Khilji. The tower is dedicated to Hindu God Vishnu.<ref name=asi /><ref>{{cite book|last1=Chandra|first1=Satish|author-link1=Satish Chandra|title=Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) - Part One|date=2004|publisher=Har-Anand Publications|isbn=9788124110645|page=224|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L5eFzeyjBTQC|language=en}}</ref><br />
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==Inscriptions==<br />
The inscribed slabs in the uppermost storey containing a detailed genealogy of the rulers of [[Chittaur]] and their deeds is ascribed to Ran Kumbha court scholar, Atri and his son Mahesh. The names of the architect, Sutradhar Jaita and his three sons who assisted him, Napa, Puja, and Poma, are carved on the fifth floor of the tower.<ref name=asi /><br />
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The Vijaya Stambha is a remarkable example of religious pluralism practised by the [[Rajputs]]. The topmost storey features an image of the [[Jain]] Goddess, [[Padmavati (Jainism)|Padmavati]].<ref>Chittorgarh, Shobhalal Shastri, 1928, pp. 64-65</ref><ref name=atharali>{{cite journal|last1=Ali|first1=M. Athar|title=Encounter and Efflorescence: Genesis of the Medieval Civilization|journal=Social Scientist|date=January 1990|volume=18|issue=1/2|page=20|jstor=3517324}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kirti Stambha]]<br />
* [[Victory column]]<br />
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[[Category:History of Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Towers in India]]<br />
[[Category:Monuments and memorials in Rajasthan]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Chittorgarh district]]<br />
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