tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51231521421540111372024-03-08T03:16:55.862-08:00Prithviraj ChauhanDigvijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329005608971922893noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5123152142154011137.post-26992557198242278752007-02-11T11:21:00.000-08:002007-03-03T05:07:47.507-08:00Prithviraj Chauhan<big><span style="font-weight: bold;">Prithviraj Chauhan</span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></big> <p><big><a name="Prithviraj_Chauhan" id="Prithviraj_Chauhan"></a></big></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><big>Prithviraj Chauhan was born at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajmer">Ajaymeru</a> (Ajmer) in 1166 A.D. His father was Someshwar Chauhan and mother Karpuri Devi, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalachuri">Kalachuri</a> (Chedi) princess, daughter of Achalaraja of Tripuri.</big></p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><big><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Muhammad Ghori</a> attacked <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> multiple times. First time he was routed in present day <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> by Rajputs. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mularaja" title="Mularaja">Mularaja</a>-II was not even a teen yet and his mother organized the defences of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattan" title="Pattan">Pattan</a>. Battle was fought at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kayadara" title="Kayadara">Kayadara</a> near <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Abu" title="Mount Abu">Mount Abu</a>, in 1178 A.D. and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> was resoundingly defeated. After this defeat he never entered <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> through <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a>. In first battle of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taraori" title="Taraori">Taraori</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1191" title="1191">1191</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithviraj_Chauhan" title="Prithviraj Chauhan">Prithviraj Chauhan</a>'s cavalry charged and routed the Ghurid cavalry and captured <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> begged for his life. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithviraj" title="Prithviraj">Prithviraj</a> allowed him to go despite his generals asking him not to do so.<br /></big></p> <div class="thumb tright"><big> </big> <div style="width: 252px;"><big><img alt="" src="http://www.collectbritain.com/mediastore/019/015/019PHO000001003U01527000%5BSVC2%5D.JPG" style="width: 712px; height: 588px;" /><a href="image:taragarh.jpg" class="internal" title="Prithviraj lived at Taragarh fort which was also known as Ajaymeru after which the town of Ajmer got its name. "><br /></a> </big> <div style="font-weight: bold;" class="thumbcaption"><small><small>Prithviraj Chauhan lived at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taragarh" title="Taragarh">Taragarh</a> fort which was also known as Ajaymeru after which the town of Ajmer got its name.</small></small></div> </div> </div> <big><br /></big> <div style="text-align: justify;"><big>Following year <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> came again. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithviraj" title="Prithviraj">Prithviraj</a> advanced with his army and sent a letter to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a>. In this letter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> was asked to return as he had been defeated the previous year and was spared his life. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> replied that he was in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> on the orders of his brother, Ghiasuddin, and that he could only retreat after he got a word from his brother. This letter was sent in the evening and after sending the letter <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> moved his camp back a few kilometers to feign retreat. On receiving this letter and seeing <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Muhammad</a> move his camp back <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithviraj" title="Prithviraj">Prithviraj</a> assumed that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> was not interested in fighting. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ghori" title="Muhammad Ghori">Ghori</a> also knew that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajputs" title="Rajputs">rajputs</a> did not fight in the night and only started fighting after sun had come up. (This is an ancient <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kshatriya" title="Kshatriya">Kshatriya</a> practice e.g <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata" title="Mahabharata">Mahabharata</a> was also fought mostly in day time). Ghori treacherously attacked in the early morning hours when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithviraj" title="Prithviraj">Prithviraj</a> and his army were sleeping and was able to win this war. </big></div> <br /><a href="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/maps.php?url=http://hindurajput.blogspot.com" id="clustrMapsLink"><img src="http://clustrmaps.com/counter/index2.php?url=http://hindurajput.blogspot.com" alt="Locations of visitors to this page" onerror="this.onError=null; this.src='http://www.meetomatic.com/images/clustrmaps-back-soon.jpg'; document.getElementById('clustrMapsLink').href='http://clustrmaps.com/'" border="1" /><br /></a><br /><script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript"> _uacct = "UA-1448222-1"; urchinTracker(); </script>Digvijayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08329005608971922893noreply@blogger.com2