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Viruddha-Vidhi Vidhvansa by the Hindu writer Lakshmidhara is the only source that claims that Prithviraj was killed on the battlefield. [70] [75] Fictional Painting of Prithviraj Chauhan shooting Muhammad of Ghor, attributed to the court painter Tara, Mewar, ca.1860
Most medieval sources state that Prithviraj was taken to the Chahamana capital Ajmer, where Muhammad planned to reinstate him as a Ghurid vassal. Sometime later, Prithviraj rebelled against Muhammad, and was killed for treason. [20] The Ghurid forces subjugated the entire Chahamana territory of "Siwalikh" [19] (or Sawalakh, that is ...
The First Battle of Tarain, also spelt as the First Battle of Taraori, was fought in 1191 between the invading Ghurid army led by Muhammad of Ghor and the Rajput Confederacy led by Prithviraj Chauhan, near Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana, India). The battle ended in decisive victory for the Rajputs; however, Muhammad of Ghor managed to escape ...
In the Second Battle of Tarain (1192), Prithviraj Chauhan fell for Muhammad Ghori's diplomatic deception, accepting a truce. However, Ghori exploited the opportunity, launching a surprise attack before sunrise, leading to Prithviraj's defeat and Ghori's decisive victory [ 57 ] after the final assault by their contingent of 10,000 mounted ...
Muhammad of Ghor: Khusrau Malik(Ghaznavids) Ghurids [11] 1192 Battle of Merv Merv: Ghiyas ad-Din Ghori Muhammad of Ghor: Sultan Shah of Khwarezm(Khwarazmians) Ghurids [12] 1191 First Battle of Tarain: Near Thanesar: Muhammad of Ghor: Prithviraj Chauhan(Chauhan dynasty) Rajputs [13] 1192 Second Battle of Tarain: Near Thanesar: Muhammad of Ghor
Battle of Tarain may refer to any of the following battles fought at Tarain (modern Taraori in Haryana, India): . First Battle of Tarain (13 November 1191), in which the Chahamana king Prithviraj Chauhan defeated the Patron of Mahmud Ghaznavi Mohammad Ghori
Chand Bardai was born in Lahore. [4] [page needed] [1] [5] Not much is known about his personal life apart from the various details that are entailed in Prithviraj Raso.His work is the earliest surviving text in a Western Hindi lect. [1] He wrote in Dingle, which was an old Rajasthani language.
Jayachandra was a son of the Gahadavala king Vijayachandra.According to a Kamauli inscription, he was crowned king on 21 June 1170 CE. [2] Jayachandra inherited his grandfather Govindachandra's royal titles: [2] Ashva-pati Nara-pati Gaja-pati Rajatrayadhipati ("leader of three forces: the cavalry, the infantry and the elephant corps" [3]) and Vividha-vidya-vichara-vachaspati ("patron of ...