His other minor victories include the Conquest of Kakuda kingdom, the battle against the King of Dariyagarh and against king Raichand to name a few.īut had only a single battle to be inscribed of Prithvi Raj in the pages of the history, it would be the battle against the ruler of the Muslim Ghurid dynasty, Muhammad of Ghor, the Battle of Tarrrain. A harsh battle was fought with a valiant show of forces from either side and at the end of the battle, Prithvi Raj had another conquest to his name. They killed the Chandela royal gardener for objecting to their presence, which led to a skirmish between the two sides. Amid this chaos, the Chahamana soldiers lost their way, and unknowingly encamped in the Chandela capital Mahoba. His army repulsed the attacks but suffered serious casualties in the process. Though factually incorrect, he has left behind the legacy of ‘the last independent Hindu King of India’’, clearly in the later centuries, there were many Hindu kings who flourished in the Southern part of India.Īlso Read : Evidences that support Mahabharata actually happened in the ancient times SourceĪs the tales have it, Prithvi Raj was returning to Delhi after marrying the daughter of Padamsen, when his contingent was attacked by the Turkic forces (Ghurids). According to the ancient scriptures, the Prithvi Raso in particular, he is said to have assumed the actual control of the administration in 1180 CE.Ī king whose reign separated the two major epochs of Indian history, Prithviraj, in the pages of the Indian history, has been portrayed as a patriotic Hindu warrior who fought against Muslim enemies unifying all the Hindu Kings against the Muslim foe. When his father died in 1177 CE, he was only 11 years old, still a minor, he ascended to the throne with his mother ruling the kingdom as a reagent. As the legends have it, the Agnivanshi Rajputs, the clan Prithvi Raj belonged to, derived its origin from a sacrificial fire-pit. Prithviraj was born to the King Someshvara and queen Karpuradevi of the Rajput Chauhan dynasty in 1166 CE. Though traditionally the king of Ajmer, the medieval folk legends describe him as the king of Delhi and portray him as a representative of the pre-Islamic Indian power. Prithviraj Chauhan was one of the last independent Hindu kings who ruled the kingdom of Delhi. Where he had the flags of the Chauhan dynasty hoisted proudly in much of the present –day Rajasthan, Haryana, and Delhi and even some parts of Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. He ruled the kingdom of Ajmer, the capital of Sapadalaksha which was traditional Chauhan territory till the latter half of the 12th century. Inscribed in the pages of the great Indian history for his military conquest, resilience, and bravery even in the eyes of defeat, Prithvi Raj III, popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora in the folk legends, was a king of the Hindu Chauhan (Chauhamana) dynasty.