Prithviraj lll (1166, Gujarat - 1192,Aimer)

Prithviraj  lll
    
Born- 1166, Gujrat

Died -1192 , Ajmer

House- Chahamanas of shakahari

Children- Jhoda, Govindaraja, Shaikha, Taikha, Laikha, Bhirdr

Parents- Someshvara, Karpurdevi

Prithviraj also called prithviraj Chauhan, Rajput warrior king of the Chauhan (Chahamana) elan of the rulers who established the strongest kingdom in Rajasthan. 
     Prithviraj also turned his sword against the powerful kingdom of Gujarat, although little is known about that action. In the course of his aggressive campaigns, he came into conflict with Jayachandr, the Gahadavala ruler of kannauj. Tradition however, ascribes the immediate cause of their intense and bitter rivalry to a romance between Prithviraj and Jayachandr's daughter, Sanyogita. 
     The first battle of Taraori in 1191 and shortly before the second battle of Taraori in 1192, but the historicity of the Sanyogita episode remains a matter of debate. While Prithviraj gathered fame as a romantic and dashing general, Muhammad Ghuri of ghur was trying to assert his authority in northern India by consolidating his empire there. Muhammad Ghuri captured North India and Bhatinda, which formed a part of Prithviraj's empire. The Chauhan representatives in Delhi requested assistance from prithviraj, who immediately marched against Muhammad Ghuri. 
    The two armies met in 1191 at Taraori. Muhammad Ghuri was seriously injured and his forces withdraw in disarray. Prithviraj mustered a vast force to meet Muhammad Ghuri, but infighting and enmity with in the Rajput camp had weakned his position. The second was study in mobility. Ghuri used mounted archers to harass Prithviraj front lines. They were destroyed by heavy cavalry. The change in tactics confounded the Chauhan forces. 
   Prithviraj fled the battle ground. The collapse of organization resistance in northern India led with in a generation. 

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