Vijaya Stambha which is a nine storey and 122 feet tall structure inside the Chittor fort, was built by Maharana Kumbha in the memory of his victory upon Malwa’s Sultan Mahmud Khilji. Its construction took place under the guardianship of head sculpture Jaita and his three sons – Napa, Poma and Punja.
Due to the artistic statues of numerous Hindu gods and goddesses engraved upon it, the Vijaya Stambha is called as the ‘Precious treasure of ancient Hindu sculpture’. Dr Gopinath Sharma has called it as ‘an organized museum adorned with Hindu gods and goddesses’ and Gauri Shankar Hirachand Ojha has addressed it as “a precious collection of ancient gods.’
