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The Ajmer inscription of the Shakambhari Chahamana ruler Vigraharaja IV (c. 1150 –64 CE) claims that Chahamana belonged to the solar dynasty, descending from Ikshavaku and Rama. The 12th-century Prithviraja Vijaya mahakavya , composed by Prithviraja III 's court poet Jayanaka, also claims a solar dynasty origin for the ruling dynasty.
Last effective ruler of the dynasty who was defeated in the Second Battle of Tarain against Muhammad of Ghor in 1192 CE. 33 Govinda-raja IV: 1192 Ghurid vassal who later established the Chahamana branch of Ranastambhapura in 1192 CE. 34 Hari-raja: 1193–1194 Last ruler of Chauhan dynasty branch of Ajmer.
According to the 1170 CE Bijolia rock inscription of Someshvara, the early Chahamana king Samantaraja was born at Ahichchhatrapura in the gotra of sage Vatsa. [3] Historian R. B. Singh theorizes that the Chahamanas probably started out as petty rulers of Ahichchhatrapura (identified with Nagaur), and moved their capital to Shakambhari (Sambhar) as their kingdom grew.
Vigraharāja IV (r. c. 1150–1164 CE), also known as Vigraharāja the Great and also Visala-deva (or Visaldev), was a king from the Chahamana (Chauhan) dynasty in north-western India, and is generally considered as one of the greatest rulers of the dynasty.
Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; 22 May 1166 – December 1192), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan in north-western India.
Ramai Deva or Ramai Deo was a Rajput ruler who founded the Chauhan Dynasty rule in the erstwhile Patna state in today’s Bolangir district of Odisha in the year 1360 A.D. At the young age of twenty he staged a coup with the popular support of the commoners and overtook the Astha Mullicks or the eight regional Gauntias ruling as independent warlords in oligarchy after the Eastern Ganga ...
Hammiradeva (IAST: Hammīra-deva; r. 1283 – 10 July 1301) was the last ruler from the Ranthambore branch of the Chauhans (Chahamanas). He is also known as Hamir Dev Chauhan in the Muslim chronicles and the vernacular literature. Hammiradeva ruled a kingdom centred around Ranthambore in present-day Rajasthan. In the 1280s, he raided several ...
Mularaja II, Ruler of the Solanki dynasty of Gujarat, who defeated the Ghurid forces. [9] Prithviraj Chauhan, King from the Chahamana dynasty who ruled Sapadalaksha (present-day north-western India) [10] [page needed] [11] [page needed] Jaichand, last powerful king of the Gahadavala dynasty, was killed in the Battle of Chandawar by Ghurid forces.