She had the right to garland any prince and she became his queen.Mularaja-II was not even a teen yet and his mother organized the defences of Pattan.
Battle was fought at Kayadara near Mount Abu, in 1178 A.D. Ghori was resoundingly defeated. In first battle of Taraori in 1191 Prithviraj Chauhans cavalry charged and routed the Ghurid cavalry and captured Ghori. Prithviraj allowed him to go despite his generals asking him not to do so. Prithviraj Chauhan lived at Taragarh fort which was also known as Ajaymeru after which the town of Ajmer got its name. Prithviraj advanced with his army and sent a letter to Ghori. In this letter Ghori was asked to return as he had been defeated the previous year and was spared his life. Ghori replied that he was in India 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 Ghori moved his camp back a few kilometers to feign retreat. On receiving this letter and seeing Muhammad move his camp back Prithviraj assumed that Ghori was not interested in fighting. Ghori also knew that rajputs did not fight in the night and only started fighting after sun had come up. This is an ancient Kshatriya practice e.g Mahabharata was also fought mostly in day time). Ghori treacherously attacked in the early morning hours when Prithviraj and his army were sleeping and was able to win this war The founder of the Gahadwala line was Govindchandra Gahadwala. Most of North India, including the university town of Nalanda was a part of his kingdom. He stoutly defended his kingdom from further Muslims incursions. He instituted a tax for this purpose which was called Turushka Danda (i.e. Turushkas or Turks). His grandson was Jaichandra Gahadwala (Rathod) who played a tragic role in Indian History. The Story of Prithviraj Chouhan and Mahmud Ghori In Jaichands days, a rival Rajput clan had established itself in Delhi (Pithoragarh). Pritiviraj was a romantic, chivalrous and an extremely fearless person. After ceaseless military campaigns, Pritiviraj extended his original kingdom of Sambhar (Shakambara) to Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Eastern Punjab. His fast rise caught the envy of the then powerful ruler Jaichandra Gahadwala and there was a lot of ill-feeling between the two. ![]() Sanyogita, the daughter of Jaichandra Gahadwala fell secretly in love with Prithiviraj and she started a secret poetic correspondence with him. ![]() So he arranged a Swayamwara (a ceremony where a bride can select her husband from the assembled princes.
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