King prithviraj chauhan biography
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Prithviraj Chauhan
King of Ajmer from 1177 to 1192
For other uses, see Prithviraj Chauhan (disambiguation).
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. Ascending the throne as a minor in 1177 CE, Prithviraj inherited a kingdom which stretched from Thanesar in the north to Jahazpur (Mewar) in the south, which he aimed to expand by military actions against neighbouring kingdoms, most notably defeating the Chandelas.
Prithviraj led a coalition of several Rajput kings and defeated the Ghurid army led by Muhammad of Ghor near Taraori in 1191 However, in 1192, Muhammad returned with an army of Turkish mounted archers and defeated the Rajput army on the same battlefield. Prithviraj was captured and summarliy executed, although his minor son
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Prithviraj Chauhan | पृथ्वीराज चौहान
Prithviraj III, also known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was one of the most well-known and greatest Rajput rulers of all time. He is one of the most famous rulers of the Chauhan dynasty, who ruled the Sapada Baksha. The present-day states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and some parts of Punjab were ruled by him. There has been a conflict among historians, of whether he kept Ajmer as his capital or many folk legends describe him as king of India’s political center Delhi.
Prithviraj Chauhan
Prithviraj Chauhan’s Life
Prithviraj Chauhan was born on the twelfth day of Jyeshtha, the second month in the Hindu calendar corresponding to May to June in the Gregorian calendar. His father Someshvara was the king of Chahamana. His mother, Queen Karpuradevi, was a Kalachuri princess. “Prithviraj Vijaya” is a Sanskrit poem about his life. This poem gives some clues as to the place of his
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Prithviraj Chauhan
Prithvi Raj III, commonly known as Prithviraj Chauhan was a Hindu Rajput ruler[1][2] who ruled the states of Delhi in North India in the late 12th century from 1149 to 1192 CE .[3][4][5][6]
Prithviraj Chauhan was the last independent Hindu king to sit on the throne of Delhi before Hemu.[8] He ascended the throne in 1169 AD at the age of 20 and ruled from the twin capitals of Ajmer and Delhi, which he inherited from his maternal grandfather Arkpal or Anangpal Ill of the Tomar/Tanwar Rajput dynasty in Delhi.[9][10][11] He controlled most of present-day Rajasthan and Haryana and, to sit upon the throne of Delhi and unified the Rajputs against muslim invasions.[12] Prithviraj Raso, composed by Chauhan's court poet and friend Chand Bardai tells us clearly about the caste of Prithviraj Chauhan as a Hindu Rajput (Kshatriya).[13][14]