Talk:Prithviraj Chauhan/Archive 1

Questioning the neutrality of the article
Overall article, particularly the last four sections are clearly biased without any historical reference. No historical evidence has the details mentioned here, minute by minute account of the war that occurred in 1192 seems like a page out of popular mythology, without any credible historical reference and source. The usage of words like "Muslim treachery", "patented Muslim subterfuge" and a bunch of adjectives are unnecessary and makes the article look like a propaganda pamphlet. A complete revamp, citing historical sources is required, removing anecdotal stories. Napoleon99 (talk) 04:23, 25 July 2010 (UTC) --

He was a great king for millions of Hindus who could not survive from being butchered by Muslims led by Muhammed Ghori, the Great. Prithviraj had a huge very large army Sanyogita, the princess of Kanauj, married Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan after he won the first battle of Tarain against Muhammed of Ghori. She is described by historians as “having thick, black hair and eyes like the black bee moving in the petals of the white lotus”. She was the most beautiful Queen in the world then. There are numerous poems and scriptures written about the passion of their romance. However, their love marriage was shortlived, as soon after that, the Muslim invader Muhammed of Ghori again challenged Prithviraj and completely defeated him.

Prithviraj III: saint or sinner?
This article has alternated back and forth over the past few months with several versions that paint very different pictures of Prithviraj III and his adversary, Muhammad of Ghor. One version paints Pritiviraj as a saintly figure who is, like all Rajputs, completely invincible in battle unless deceived by the dirty tricks of the unscrupulous and cruel Muslims. Another version paints Prithviraj as a lazy oppressor of Muslims, and Muhammad as their noble liberator. A third version paints both men as sex-obsessed, with Prithviraj as a lazy philanderer, and Muhammad as a cruel rapist. Each of these versions may contain kernels of truth; we can't know for sure. But this is an encyclopedia article; can we all accept an account of this man's life that is perhaps unexciting and certainly not titillating, but contains the facts as they are generally known, without bias or speculation? Tom Radulovich 21:12, 20 November 2005 (UTC)


 * Marriage with Sanyogita took place before first battle of Taraori. Yet Prithivraj did not loose the first war because of her but she contributed to his defeat in the second war. How? Regarding muslim persecution: This is a fabrication to negate the first attack of Prithviraj on Ghori.  He attacked because hindu places of worship were destroyed in western punjab and hindu pilgrims were killed.  Hindu kings had a great record of giving complete freedom of religion to others.  What muslims on WP are hell bent on is that hindu rajputs never fought to defend there religion.
 * These guys are trying to assasinate the character of Prithviraj. Very eminent historians have recorded the letter exchange during second battle of taraori and its effect. Do you need more data from RC Majumdar's/Dashratha Sharma's books? Shivraj Singh 16:05, 21 November 2005 (UTC)

I think this talk is not about comparing the ruling styles of Hindu and Muslim Kings of India and we shall keep it this way. Also can you please bring up some real historical reference about Ghori begging for his life and all the war tactics that you have described? Anything by an unbiased historian before 1947 will suffice I believe.

خرم Khurram 22:16, 29 November 2005 (UTC)

Strange. I thought war was war. I dont see how an extended honeymoon and not being aware of the enemy lines at night without watchers (hence allegedly leading to his defeat) is a plausible enough excuse. If this is so, then he was a poor strategist and very unconcerned for his Kingdiom in that case. Obviously he wasn't either. But his overly romanticised image is leading to a biased opinion on here too. --Raja 22:55, 25 December 2005 (UTC)

War in India was not fought during night due to the custom from vedic times. Please check Mahabharata. Hence it was by stealth that Mahmood attacked in night. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.189.207.48 (talk) 09:44, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

Moving from Rajput page
Ghori attacked many times. First time he was routed in present day Gujarat by Rajputs. Mularaja-II was not even a teen yet and his mother organized the defences of Pattan. Battle was fought at Kayadara near Mount Abu and Ghori was resoundingly defeated. After this defeat he never entered India through Gujarat. In first battle of Taraori (tarain is misspelledword) in 1191 Prithviraj Chauhan captured Ghori and Ghori begged for his life. Prithviraj allowed him to go despite his generals asking him not to do so. Following year Ghori came again. 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 Ghori moved his camp back a few kilometers. On receiving this letter and seeing Ghori 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). He attacked in the early morning hours when Prithviraj and his army were sleeping and was able to win this war.

Cited ref: Early Chauhan dynasties: a study of Chauhan political history, Chauhan political institution, and life in the Chauhan dominions, from 800 to 1316 A.D. Prof Dashratha Sharma. Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass; Language: English ISBN 81-208-0492-9. First edition 1959. 2d rev. ed edition (1975). Reprint 2002 by Books Treasure, Sojati Gate, Jodhpur.

There is an attempt by some politically minded groups to rewrite Hindu history to denigrate their kings and show that that Hindus and Hindu Kings (Rajputs) got what they deserved in their battles with Muslims because they were cowards and lazy. The role of trickery by adventurers, whatever their religious persuasions, who attempted to enter India and  to make fortunes   is being deliberately ignored. Only the rich, powerful and secure can afford to be magnanimous and transparent and in the process can even be deceived. Prithviraj was certainly a victim of such a process. Ghori came from a poor country looking to grab the rich lands of India and make it to the big time and surely would not have balked at using any quesionable means.

In Addition to So Called "politically minded groups", The Descendents of 'CONVERTED' Hindus and Offsprings of Hindu Girls Abducted to Harems by Barbarians ( Who Constitute 95% of Muslims of Indian Sub Continent ) are Interested in Showing that All The Barbaric Muslim Invaders ( Attacking Europe in west and Iran,Afganistan and India in East) were Heroes.

Now, For People ( Who want to Find Their Roots in Turkish Blood ) , They Could be 'Heroes'. However, For Any HUMAN Believing in Humanity ( Irrespective of Religion ), Any such Act of 'Mass Cruelty' is a Matter of Shame.

There is a Need of UNBIASED Approach, Which is Lacking in the Main Article, Many points are there, which are Written to Disgrace Rajput Chivalry. Definitely There has been an Attempt to Kill the Identity of Hindu King.

The Probable Reason is That Prithvi Raj Chauhan was Amongst Very Few NON Muslims to Kill a Muslim Emperor. ) And Muslims Have Not Forgotten That Incident Till Date.

Such a Disgrace on the Minds of Muslim Population, is Visible in the 'Erratic' Acts of People of "Ghazni" in Afganistan, Where, Till Date, All the Visitors to 'Tomb of Ghauri' , Need to Step Through the Grave of Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Such a Hatred in Minds of People after 800 Years is Really 'Sick'. Main Article Seems to be Deliberately Tampered with the Rising Awareness regarding Prithvi Raj Chauhan by TV Serial. The Main Line " Of How The Ghauri was Killed by Blind And Mutilated King Prithvi Raj Chauhan", was Removed. As It was Hurting Sentiments of Muslim Population World Wide, Who Still Consider The Barbaric Ghauri As Their 'Hero'. ( E.g. Pakistan Takes Barbaric Ghaznavi and Ghauri as Their Heroes and has Named Its Missiles after Them.)

Unfortunately, Such Hatred is Much More Amongst The Descendants of Forcefully Converted Hindus.

As The So Called "Turkish Blood" has Developed Respect for Non Muslims in Last 90 Years.

Its The Muslims of Arabic World and Indian Subcontinent, Who Need to Shed Their Hatred for NON MUSLIMS Before Its Too Late. --Baron78 (talk) 05:23, 18 September 2009 (UTC)

It seems a lot of of things are removed from the prithviraj section since last time i visited it. how many times, ghor attacked and how many times he was defeated by prithvi and then how he cheated prithviraj to win the battle, took him to afghan by making him blind and then there prithviraj killed him with bow and arrow. much about his love story with sayangeeta is removed.

who did these editing and removing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.52.24.125 (talk) 02:10, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

Is this an historical article
The article seems to reflect more of what is there in popular belief/ TV serial than the actual historical facts. Somebody good at history should make it into a good atricle and request for a partial lock on the page. Vjdchauhan 14:31, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

references for prithviraj's slaying of ghori need to be given. it seems hogwash. Amitshah111 03:47, 7 January 2007 (UTC)

Lock this page
Please lock this page as there has been a lot of vandalism recently

Repetition in the first paragraph
There appears to be repetition in the first paragraph...

He succeeded to the throne c. 1179, while still a minor, ...

later:

He was born c. 1168 to king Someshwara Chauhan and his wife Karpuravalli. He succeeded to the throne c. 1179, while still a minor, ...

remains in afghanistan?
Are his remains in afghanistan?--D-Boy 22:17, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Birth of Prithvi Raj
I have visited Ajmer recently and inserted an image of the statue of Prithvi Raj. There is a Museum of Prithvi Raj on Taragarh Fort Ajmer. It records his life span 1166-1192. Accordingly correction may be made in his birth year. burdak 15:11, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

Hemu was the last Hindu king of Delhi
Hemu was the last Hindu king of Delhi, Prithviraj III was last Hindu King of Delhi before Islamic Kingdom estalished their (first and long running) rule over Delhi. Also see Second battle of Panipat.Vjdchauhan 19:22, 2 January 2007 (UTC).

Hemu was not the last Hindu king of Delhi.Though he declared himself king bud did not receive recognition from any state.After Humayun reestablished himself at Delhi and died next year.His son Akbar was recognised as emperor but he was not present at Delhi.Akbar and Hemu met in a war the second battle of Panipat in which Hemu was defeated and killed by Bairamkhan. --Shivbramh 06:26, 3 April 2007 no hemu is not last emporer of delhi,,

Where's his body?
Is it still in Afghanistan?--D-Boy 09:52, 15 January 2007 (UTC) his remains have bin brought to INDIA by a very brave rajput..unfortunately, he is in d jail now..coz he is the same person who has been convicted of killin foolan devi..

This article must be cleaned
The contents of this article has been taken from the storyline of a serial being aired on Star plus, the link to this page is http://starplus.indya.com/serials/pc/trivia.html. The facts given there may not be true as the history may have been tempered to make the serial interesting. Moreover that page is copyrighted by start plus.

I removed the sentence that only 3 people in history knew shadabhedi art. There are other well known people who knew this art like King dahasharatha, karna, rama arjuna etc.

-- It should be noted that Dasharatha, Karna, Rama and Arjuna are mythological figures. There is no valid historical proof of their existence.

Death of Muhammed Ghori and Prithviraj.
In Pakistan and Afghnistan death of Muhammed Ghori and Prithviraj are entirly different as what is given here. It seems that Wikipedia the Free Encyclopedia is also not giving fact or true history. Since they don't know it properly they should first check it out and then tell to others what really happened otherwise some people get to know the false information which is not the right thing. vkvora 13:36, 8 April 2007 (UTC)

Prithviraj Chauhan, the last ruler of Chauhan dynasty to sit on the throne of Delhi, was born in 1168 as the son of Someshwar Chauhan, the king of Ajmer. He was a brilliant child and very sharp at learning the military skills. He had the skill of hitting the target only on the basis of its sound. He succeeded to the throne of Ajmer at the age of thirteen, in 1179,when his father died in a battle. His grandfather Angam, ruler of Delhi, declared him heir to the throne of Delhi after hearing about his courage and bravery. He once killed a lion on his own without any weapon. He was known as the warrior king.

When he ascended to the throne of Delhi, he built Qila Rai Pithora here. His whole life was a continuous chain of bravery, courage, chivalrous deeds and glorious exploits. He defeated the mighty Bheemdev, ruler of Gujarat, at the mere age of thirteen.

His love story with his enemy, Jaichand's daughter, Samyukta is very famous. He rode off with her on the day of her 'Swayamwara'.

He expanded his empire, during this time Mahmud Ghori attacked India in 1191 and he was defeated at the first battle of Tarain. After defeating the army of Mahmud Ghori he was asked to attack the retreating army but in true Rajput tradition he refused to do so as it did not conform to the fair war rules. As a result Mahmud ghori again attacked India and in the second battle of Tarain Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated and captured. He was treated very badly, his eyes were burnt with red-hot irons and he was made blind. But Prithviraj did not lose courage. Helped by his court poet and friend Chand Bardai, he is believed to kill Mahmud ghori with his "shabdabhedi baan". His skill of hitting the target just on the basis of sound made by it come handy. and during the archery competition organized by Mahmud ghori, he displayed his skill. When Mahmud ghori praised him he heard his voice and attacked him. Mahmud ghori was killed. In order to escape death at the hands of enemies he and his friend Chand Bardai stabbed each other.

Chand Bardai compiled the story of the life of Prithviraj Chauhan in his epic poem Prithviraj Raso. Prithviraj Chauhan died in 1192, with his death a period of bravery, courage, patriotism and principles came to an end. Prithviraj Raso of Chand Bardai and Prithviraj Vijay of Jayanak have immortalized deeds of Prithviraj Chauhan

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man, this is the true fact. it seems someone removed your section from wikipedia. who? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.52.24.125 (talk) 02:13, 3 January 2010 (UTC)

I am agree with this .... thanks for posting this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.8.220.8 (talk) 12:33, 29 March 2010 (UTC)

-- This is very true that this information provided on Wiki is incorrect. Prithviraj Chouhan was brave enough to run from battle field but to fight the odd and stand with bravery to kill Gauri (as described above). We request to get this changed with correct info on main page. - Gaurav —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gaurav1545 (talk • contribs) 15:49, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

This article is simply not neutral
This needs serious cleenup. It seems this article is some mythology book. This is not acceptable in Wikipedia. Im tagging this article--R.iqbal 18:27, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

The Article Prithviraj : historical fact to be corrected.
In the article instead of historical fact something extra are given.

vkvora 17:10, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

How can the two statements be contradictory '''"Prithviraj's former courtier Chand Bardai, who was later to compose the Prithviraj Raso, Ghori was thus stuck dead by Prithviraj." and "Prithviraj and Chandar did not want to die from the hands of Ghori's courtiers so prithvi ordered Chandar to stab him and to himself also because being a Rajput he couldn't to kill a poet."''' In above two statements at One place chand bardai was suppose to compose the Prithvi Raj Raso and in the sentence he stabbed himself. So there is some confusion which has to be removed so that the audience/ reader/surfer gets a clear idea and is not confused. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.169.20.153 (talk) 15:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)

Too many idiots trying to edit
I'd like some assistance from someone in cleaning up this page. I've tried to clean up as much of the 1st grader's grammar as I could, but there still seems to be some more formatting, with which I'm not familiar. For instance, the person who wrote some of the citations placed them right after the statement instead of adding a citations page on the bottom. Anyone more experienced with that should look into it. Also, I'm calling out to anyone that knows anyone that knows anything more about Chauhan to please contribute and try to find sources confirming the statements, also. Thanks, --Kiran (talk) 14:31, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

His body?
anyone know? after killing ghori. he told his friend to kill him rather than ghoris empire at ghoris palace

Defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan
ghori was killed in his own palace by the good skill of KING PRITHIVRAJ CHAUHAN

The Great Chauhan
Character assassination is the game being played here. The fact is that little mention of Ghori remains in history other than his wars with Prithviraj. Prithviraj was a great king. At a time when Muslim hordes were becoming unstoppable--not just in India, but Europe--all over the world, Prithviraj was successful in grinding Ghori's nose into the ground. The question is why is Prithviraj buried alongside Ghori? It is because Prithviraj showed Ghori the meaning of humility and humiliation. It is said that when Ghori asked Prithviraj to call him king, Prithviraj joked about the irony of calling a man who was once grovelling at his feet for mercy king. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Ajaymeru (talk • contribs) 05:03, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

Khokhar Farce
Here people are debating history, not creating jokes. Now that the Khokhars are claiming to kill Ghori, I wonder who is next? The fact is being a warrior is tough, but making false hoods is another thing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.100.242.250 (talk) 05:09, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

IF TREACHERY IS THE NAME OF THE GAME AT WIKIPEDIA, SO BE IT. WE SHALL FIGHT THE BATTLE ON OTHER FRONTS. IF WIKIPEDIA BECOMES FREELY ACCESSIBLE TO ANY VANDAL TO DO AS HE PLEASES, WE SHALL INFORM THE PUBLIC THAT WIKIPEDIA OUGHT NOT TO BE TRUSTED AT ALL. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 97.100.242.250 (talk) 07:28, 21 January 2009 (UTC)

Almost every respected historian who has written on this subject has concluded the death of Ghori to have been at the hands of Khokhars/Gakhars after Prithvi had deserted the battlefield. Khokhar (talk) 12:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

I wanna stop the edit war..............
hey guyz lets just stop reporting each other as vandals and stop this edit war...... lets find out what are the differences between my views and yours and resolve them..

I'll go first...... All I want is for u guys to stop lying about the raso poem and the mythical archery contest where you describe chauhan as a mythical super-power robin hood of some sort. Lets be realistic, it is illogical and blatent falsehood. You are only trying to restore the lost honour of the second battle of tarain. I understand that Chauhan is revered allover india for his bravery and courage to stand up against ghori and losing his life in the progcess but telling mythical stories and spreading falsehood, and insulting Ghori is not going to help your cause.

So plz feel free to give your suggestions to solve this problem............!!!

—Preceding unsigned comment added by Adil your (talk • contribs) 21:53, 16 February 2009 (UTC)

Prithviraj Killed....
It is one reference and as my Indian History professor, an amazing knowledgable Irish man, once told me "Just because its printed doesn't mean its correct".

I understand that you have passion and hatred for the Infidel but perhaps you could put your energy into more constructive uses of articles.

In the same way there are articles and books which give the other opinion, as well as Afghans who view Prithviraj as the killer of Ghori.

Gorkhali (talk) 07:01, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Prithviraj fled....
Everyone agrees that Prithviraj was captured from Ajmer, not from Tarain hence it clearly shows that he fled from the battlefield... Please provide a reference when reverting this fact.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Adil your (talk • contribs) 07:31, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

Not everyone agrees, to say "everyone" is a huge exaggeration on your part Adil. It is clear you have a deep hatred for the Infidel King of Delhi, but perhaps you could put your energies into something more fruitful like helping to fix articles instead of getting into a disruptive behavior.

Cheers

Gorkhali (talk) 06:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

The Indian Express
Many years ago, while travelling by jeep from Kandahar to Kabul, I had to make a night halt en route at Ghazni. At the hotel, I learned that there was a grand mausoleum over the tomb of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi near the town, and I determined to see it. A few extra Afghanis (the local currency) helped my driver to comprehend the necessity of making a small detour the next morning.

The mausoleum was indeed grand - judging by local standards - with a high, arched doorway like the Buland Darwaza. lie tomb proper was in a cellar about four or five feet be low ground-level. It intrigued me considerably to note that there were no steps leading down into the tomb. Instead, a metal chain hung from the ceiling of the cellar. I was told that I would have to hold the chain and jump down.

I asked for the reason for this peculiar method of entry. The caretaker was evasive at first. But after much persuasion, he disclosed that there was another tomb at the exact spot where you jumped down. There, the infidel king of Delhi, Prithviraj Chauhan, lay buried.

Title: Ghazni’s best-kept secret Author: S.C. Sharma Publication: The Indian Express Date: April 25, 1998

Gorkhali (talk) 06:57, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Prithviraj Chauhan's grave exists in Afghanistan: Book

NEW DELHI, July 31: While the legendary Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan is a hero in India, his 'grave' in Afghanistan is visited by the locals even today to vent their anger for killing Mohammed Ghori, 900 years ago says a new book.

The book "Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India" by E Jaiwant Paul says on the outskirts of Ghazni are two domed tombs... The larger was of Ghori and few meters away was a second smaller tomb of Prithviraj Chauhan.

"In the centre of the second tomb was a bare patch of earth where the actual grave should have been. Hanging over this spot from the top of the dome is a long, thick rope ending in a knot at shoulder height. Local visitors would grab hold of this knot in one hand and stamp vigorously and repeatedly with one foot on the bare patch in the centre of the tomb," says Paul, a weapons collector.

Paul, who saw this on his visit to Afghanistan says on seeking an explanation, he found that the Afghans still stamped on his grave because Prithviraj killed Ghori, 900 years ago.

Most history books say that Prithviraj was slain in a battle. But in Afghanistan, Prithviraj's tomb stands near Ghazni and history books need to be rewritten, he says adding "his remains must be brought back home, where they belong."

Besides giving anecdotes from the lives of ancient Indian warriors, the book also traces the development of the weapons of the Indian kings, from the earliest to the modern times and also provides illustrations of a wide variety of arms and armour used.

"Akbar's swords had names and ranks assigned to them and these were sent by rotation each night to his bed chamber," notes the book.

Stressing the great value placed on arms, Paul says even today the Rajputs and Marathas bring out their weapons on the festival of Dussehra and worship them in an elaborate ritual.

They are cleansed, greased and even perfumed, for which purpose dhoop (incense) is used.

In Mewar, the rite is performed during the Navratri festival, when the Mother Goddess is worshipped over a period of nine days.

The book says that the worship of the sword (asi) and the horse (aswa) have given the name to the continent of Asia. The swords and daggers from India present a diversity and a range probably unparalleled anywhere in the world. In comparison, European swords are far more conservative.

"India is a heterogenous country and these variations in shape, form and style of the Indian sword have evolved over centuries and are the outcome of martial, cultural and historical traditions of the regions to which they belong," he says.(PTI)

Source: http://www.dailyexcelsior.com/web1/05aug01/national.htm

AFGHANISTAN NEWS
Prithviraj Chauhan's grave exists in Afghanistan: Book

New Delhi, Jul 31 (PTI) While the legendary Rajput king Prithviraj Chauhan is a hero in India, his 'grave' in Afghanistan is visited by the locals even today to vent their anger for killing Mohammed Ghori, 900 years ago says a new book. The book "Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India" by E Jaiwant Paul says on the outskirts of Ghazni are two domed tombs... The larger was of Ghori and few meters away was a second smaller tomb of Prithviraj Chauhan.

"In the centre of the second tomb was a bare patch of earth where the actual grave should have been. Hanging over this spot from the top of the dome is a long, thick rope ending in a knot at shoulder height. Local visitors would grab hold of this knot in one hand and stamp vigorously and repeatedly with one foot on the bare patch in the centre of the tomb," says Paul, a weapons collector.

Paul, who saw this on his visit to Afghanistan says on seeking an explanation, he found that the Afghans still stamped on his grave because Prithviraj killed Ghori, 900 years ago.

Most history books say that Prithviraj was slain in a battle. But in Afghanistan, Prithviraj's tomb stands near Ghazni and history books need to be rewritten, he says adding "his remains must be brought back home, where they belong."

(About the book: Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India; By E Jaiwant Paul, Published by Roli Books; Price Rs 595; PP 144) PTI

SOURCE: http://www.afghanistannewscenter.com/news/2005/july/jul312005.html

Gorkhali (talk) 07:08, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Unlikely tomb
It seems very unlikely that Prithviraj would have been given any sort of tomb in Afghanistan, and surely we need more than a reluctant comment by an Afghan or the testimony of one man who writes about arms and armour to affirm that he was even taken to that country. Ghori is generally accepted to have died on his way back home; the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, for instance, says:'Muḥammad was assassinated in 1206 on his way back to Afghanistan.' The Prithviraj Raso is firstly a poetic work (and poets like to embellish their accounts), and secondly has had parts added, and lines and words changed over time. I don't have a reference to hand at the moment, but it is also recorded in a number of history books that Prithviraj was beheaded in Ajmer. If anyone has non-poetic references dating from Pre-Partition that suggest otherwise, or somehow corroberate the account that Ghori took Prithviraj back with him, and had the archery competition, thus killing him, it would be good to put the record straight. I realise that these are still emotive issues for Hindus and Muslims, but we are contributing to an encyclopaedia here, and should do our best to state the facts. Energyworm (talk) 22:09, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

You have a made a valid point. I will try and make a trip to te University library and see if I can dig up something else.

Gorkhali (talk) 22:39, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Agree 100%, have a look at this, the last statement also has a reference...


 * After defeating Prithvirāj Chauhān, Sultan Muḥammad Ghorī established an empire, appointing a regional governor at Delhi. He controlled much of northern and central India. Sultan Muḥammad Ghorī returned west to Ghaznā to deal with the threat to his western frontiers from the Turks and Mongols, but his armies, mostly under Turkish generals, continued to advance through northern India, raiding as far east as Bengal. A few years later a rebellion rose in Punjab. He returned to India and crushed the rebels, but was assassinated on his way back to Ghaznā.


 * This is a neutral reference, not a biased one from an Indian writer as Gorkhali provides (no offence), To maintain a NPOV you have look at a proper reference from a third person who is neither an indian nor an Afghan, and does not portray His own side of story... Why would the grave have the words "Killed our sultan" when it is a historical fact present in books that he was killed much later in Ghazni as the reference states... Best wishes... Adil your (talk) 11:41, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

The Tarikh-e Firishtah, as translated into English as 'History of the Rise of Mahommedan Power in India' states about the end of the Second Battle of Tarain: 'Chawund Ray, King of Dehly, and many other princes, were slain on the field, while Pithow Ray, * King of Ajmeer, being taken in the neighbourhood of the Soorsutty, was afterwards put to death.' Ghori still continues on various campaigns after this, but meets his end also in a bloody way:'for on the second of Shaban, having reached the village of Rohtuk, on the banks of the Indus, 20 Gukkurs, who had lost some of their relations in the late wars ... found their way up to the tents in the night, and hid themselves, while one of them advanced to the tent-door, but being stopped by a sentry who was about to seize him, he plunged his dagger into his breast....He (Ghori) was asleep, with two slaves fanning him. These stood petrified with terror, when they beheld the Gukkurs enter, who, without hesitation, sheathed their daggers in the King's body, which was afterwards found to have been pierced by no fewer than 22 wounds.' (I have abbreviated the detailed account somewhat.) The transfer of the body back to Ghazna is not without event, but eventually he is said to have been buried there, on the 22nd Sha'ban 602 AH (=3 April, 1206 CE), in a new vault that had been built for his daughter. So far the only reference to a great mausoleum in Ghazni is to the mausoleum of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznawi. Energyworm (talk) 16:10, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Adil, I really did not appreciate your comment.

Gorkhali (talk) 18:19, 22 April 2009 (UTC)

Second Battle of Tarain
This section is a joke, not even the references support what it says and are mostly just made up to take up space from the look of things...Khokhar (talk) 12:08, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals (1206-1526) - I By Satish Chandra

Khokhar (talk) 12:26, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

The references I gave were for the fact that prithviraj was killed by Ghori and not the other way around... But this guy called Sanjeevpunj edited the entire text but kept my references which created this confusion... I think removing referenced text like this would count as vandalism... So I reverted the edit and told him to provide a counter reference.... Adil your (talk) 15:38, 7 July 2009 (UTC)

That makes sense now.. I'll give you a hand and try to keep an eye on the article's integrity.Khokhar (talk) 23:52, 14 July 2009 (UTC)

The paragraph is incorrect as it stands, especially the kind of details given and supporting references. For example - an army of 120,000 is a huge army considering the times. Further more the details are too specific without an authentic reference.

"K.Khokhar and Adil your" where did you get this information?

All referenced. Khokhar (talk) 18:09, 20 August 2009 (UTC)

A minor edit
The article starts like this Prithvi Raj Chauhan (1166-1192 CE)... I would suggest it to be changed to Prithvi Raj III, commonly known as Prithvi Raj Chauhan, (1166-1192 CE)... --118.94.128.136 (talk) 15:35, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Why? Algebraist 17:53, 11 September 2009 (UTC)
 * ✅ -- Srin  ivas  05:41, 12 September 2009 (UTC)

I have edited the prithviraj raso part and given 8 refrences for that.Some one called adil keeps reverting it to his own  version but keeps my refrences.bardai and prithvi died at the same time so no way he could have written the end to praise his kings heroic death.Also regarding the raso being fiction it is true that some other authors have added to the raso but i hv refrenced from the original 1300 stanza raso.according to which the death part was written by bardai's son who escaped from afghanistan.Also there is the news of prithviraj's tomb in afghanistan.There is also historical fact that the grandson of prithvi moved to ranthambore from wher the chauhans continued to rule.there is serious doubt whether the raso is fictional or tue.Most of the refrences regarding it fictional is eother from muslim authors or from refrences of muslim authors.Also the version of this adil mentions spear throwing dont know where it came from.It is better to leave both versions of the death there and not to mark either as fiction.hope this adil doesnt restore to reverting again.also the jayapalan refrence says ghori was killed by khokars,which is not convincing to say the least. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k (talk • contribs) 14:29, 9 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Well... first of all where did you get the info that pritviraj and bardai died at the same time... And if they did who wrote the part of his death... And if it is another writer then, Raso can't be trusted since its not authored by bardai... Point no.2 is Ghori and Prithviraj died years apart... 14 years actually... Now for prithviraj to have killed ghori, he would have to come up from his grave 14 years after his death... Point no.3 Out of TEN authors that i have quoted only 1 is Muslim, in fact most are INDIAN authors... And almost all the authors that you have quoted are Indian... So its pretty clear who is quoting who... And you even quoted from This Page... Which doesn't even know the difference between Ghori and Mahmud Ghaznavi... Most of your references are picked up from this blog which itself is fighting a battle just to prove that its authentic... Kindly open and read these books yourself before putting them up as reference...Adil your (talk) 03:41, 10 October 2009 (UTC)
 * Regarding fiction... Go ahead and read the books on Raso... Most of them would actually start by stating that its historically incorrect and contains work of fiction..and there is also a reference for it being fiction... just read this ..BTW its not a Muslim author...Adil your (talk) 03:49, 10 October 2009 (UTC)

prithviraj and bardai died at same time according to

The thing you said is a blog is actually part of a thesis which has since been accepted.As far as reading the books is concerned i have read the john todd and d.c ganguly and syamalan das book and all of them say that while the whole 10000 stanza raso isnt historically correct,the 1300 originally written in 12th century by bardai and finished by his son are historically correct.If u find a version of either of them please read it.They also mention findings of inscriptions corraborrating theory of the raso.You failed to read the last refrence about the rulers of ranthambore who were desecendents of son of Prithviraj chauhan who shifted to ranthambore after loss of delhi and the line survives.The authors you quoted have drawn refrence from 18th or early 19th or  even older books written by muslim authors.where did you find the refrence of spear throwing?when all books menton an archery contest.What about the findings of the prithviraj grave in afghanisthan?A lot of older books that i have gone through and refrenced here spell mohammed ghori as mohmad ghori,mohammad ghauri,mahmod ghauri and mahmud ghauri,the all expert article clearly mentions the capturing of ghanznvi by ghori which is a well known fact hence its refrence to ghori cant be wrong.Regarding the completion of raso it is mentioned that one of bardai's son complted it after his death,one who had managed to escape from afghanistan.Enough doubts in your version of the raso,there is already a version of the battle according to your refrences and i believe you and i are not the judges to decide whether the Raso is true or fictional,this the reason why i mentioned it as an alternate version.


 * Now you said.... "the 1300 originally written in 12th century by bardai and finished by his son are historically correct" ... So this must contain the wars and the archery contest....right....??? But then look what Keay writes, in the same reference you have provided above on page 14... "LEGEND AND FICTION are mixed up with history" and then he specifies where... it says the repeated conflicts between Prithviraj and Sultan are quite unhistorical and Mughals are brought on the stage 30 years earlier.... So even if I agree that we cannot label someting as fact or fiction on our own pov, YET.... We can certainly write what scholars (neutral ones of course) think of it... And we certainly can't mix fiction and legend with history in wikipedia... We ought to explain that this story is widely accepted as fiction and for the following reasons... otherwise it would confuse the reader if you label it as Alternate ending... After all this is an encyclopedia not a movie... Adil your (talk) 04:19, 11 October 2009 (UTC)
 * And you still haven't answered my first question... How can Prithiviraj kill a man 14 years after his death...??? Just another link to confirm it...... An alternate ending 14 years after Prithviraj's death is quite silly because otherwise Ghori would have to die 14 years younger... Both of which are against the historical records...

As F.E kay say that bardai dies with prithvi i have made an edit regarding that.Regarding the part where F.E Kay say about mixing the history with fiction he is referring to the whole 10000 stanzas.I have added that the version's correctness is historically is debatable.I do agree that the 14 year gao is the one that raises to most endearing point.I remember reading some where that raso says prithvi was imprisoned in ghoris prison for long tima and he was regularly bought to the court to be ridiculed,and that bardai managed to get a position in ghoris court and worked there.I will hit the library soon to find the refrence regarding that.Until then yes the 14 years point is indeed a very good one. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sunnyji 2k (talk • contribs) 14:06, 11 October 2009 (UTC)


 * Good luck with that... Peace...Adil your (talk) 10:11, 12 October 2009 (UTC)

Prithviraj Chauhan (c. 1168-1192) Prithviraj Chauhan was a king of the Rajput Chauhan (Chauhamana) Rajput dynasty, who ruled a kingdom in northern India during the latter half of the 12th century. He was born c. 1168 to king Someshwara Chauhan and his wife Karpuravalli. He succeeded to the throne c. 1179, while still a minor, and ruled from the twin capitals of Ajmer and Delhi. His elopement with Samyukta, the daughter of Jai Chandra, the Gahadvala king of Kannauj, is a popular romantic tale in India, and is one of the subjects of the Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem composed by Prithviraj's court poet, Chand Bardai. The Chauhan succession had been rather confused since the death of Vigraha-raja in 1165; Prithviraj reconsolidated control of the Chauhan kingdom and conquered several neighboring kingdoms, which made his state the leading Hindu kingdom in northern India. Delhi was captured from the Tomara Rajputs during the early years of his reign, and was renamed Qila Rai Pithora. He campaigned against the Chandela Rajputs of Bundelkhand. His kingdom included much of the present-day Indian states of Rajasthan and Haryana, and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. To this day, Prithviraj is considered to be a legendary hero and martyr by Hindus, and his lineage appears quite spread out covering vast tracts of Uttar Pradesh, Harayana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Prithviraj ChauhanPrithviraj Chauhan was the last Hindu king to sit upon the throne of Delhi. Qila Rai Pithoura in Delhi,also known as Pithoragarh, is named after him. After his unfortunate defeat in 1192 AD at the second Battle of Tarain ,India was now open to invasion by muslim invaders.And Delhi came under the control of the Muslim rulers.Delhi continued to be under the control of Muslim rulers until the British period. The only exception to this was Hemu, who managed to sit on the throne of Delhi for a few days after Humayun's death. Prithviraj was one of the most interesting and powerful characters of Indian history. Even today his name is associated with the virtues of Rajput valour, chivalry and patriotism. His bravery on the battlefield was unmatched and he was known to be virtuous and principled until his death.

The Warrior King as he was popularly known, fell in love with his enemy's daughter - Sanyogita. He rode off with her on the day of her swayamvar before the watchful eye of her father.

His story highlights all the important aspects of life: duty, bravery, patriotism, friendship, family and romance.

Prithviraj was born to his parents after 10 years of long prayer. Although he grew up to be a very naughty boy, he was the sharpest of all the princes. He often surprised everyone by his profound thoughts on subjects beyond his young age. He loved his parents very much and also respected Jai Chandra, Nayantra and Anangpal II. Everybody in turn, loved him.As a child, he was indeed the Balkrishna, and as he grew up, he reflected the different faces of Lord Krishna: Murlidhar, Chhaliya, Chakradhar. He and his friend Chander (Chandbardai) shared a friendship almost alike that of Lord Krishna & Sudama. In his youth, he defeated many enemies but always allowed room for forgiveness. He never fought in anger or for personal gain but only performed the duty of a king. Coin of Prithiviraja of Chauhans or Chahamanas of Ajmer/Delhi, circa 1179 AD -1192 AD. Obv: Rider bearing lance on caparisoned horse facing right.Devnagari Legends : Sri Pr/thvi raja deva'. Rev: Recumbent bull facing left ,trishula on bulls rump,Devnagari Legends : Asavari / Sri Samanta deva.His FamilyAnangpal Tomara II, the King of Delhi, had two daughters, Roopsundari and Kamaladevi. Roopsundari married Vijaypal, King of Kannauj. They had a son Jai Chandra. His daughter was the beautiful Sanyogita. Kamaladevi married Someshwar Chauhan, the King of Ajmer. Prithviraj was their son, born after 10 years of marriage. Pratha, his sister marries his friend Samar Singh (King of Chittor). His uncle Kanh's daughter was married to Raja Pajawan or Pajjun of Amber. His ChildhoodAt gurukul, Prithviraj learnt shastra vidya (weaponry, armed combat), sahitya (literature), kala (arts) and rajniti shastra (politics).It was here that he learned the art of"shaabd bhedi baan chalaana" that is hittitng a target without seeing the target, that is only on the basis of sound. It was here that he was groomed to be the King of Ajmer. One day at the gurukul, young Prithviraj was attacked by a lion. Though caught unawares and unarmed, Prithviraj bravely fought the lion and killed it! Tales of his heroism spreading far & wide.

With the stories of Prithviraj's courage, valour and intelligence spreading far and wide, Anangpal the King of Delhi decided to adopt him. He announced Prithviraj Chauhan as his heir. Thus he was crowned prince of Delhi at the young age of 13 years.

Prithviraj at the age of 12 killed Bheemdev Solanki, the king of Gujarat, who betrayed his father Someshwar Chauhan.

He had 4 best friends : Sanjam, Chandar, Pundir, and Arjun. His Immortal LoveAfter becoming the king of Ajmer, Prithviraj heard the court poet describe the unmatched beauty of a lady. Immensely impressed, he soon found out that the beauty described was Sanyogita, the daughter of the Jai Chandra, King of Kannauj. He disguised himself and went to see her. They had met before on the yatra to Koteshwar Mandir. At that time, Prithviraj disguised himself as Surya and princess Sanyogita under the name of Nandini. Though whenever they met, a fight used to always used to break out between them. They're relation was like Krishna and Radha.

Meanwhile Sanyogita too had heard tales of Prithviraj's courage and valour and was smitten. When she finally saw an attractive painting of Prithviraj Chauhan, she knew in her heart that she would marry him. She met the King in disguise and they fell in love.

Suspecting the relationship between the two of them, Jaichand decided to organize a swayamvara in all pomp and splendour for his daughter. He called many princes worthy of his daughter, from all across the country. However Prithviraj wasn't invited. Jaichand despised Prithviraj as the latter had been chosen by Anangpal to be the heir to the throne of Delhi. So, to humiliate Prithviraj, Jaichand erected his statue, dressed and bent as a dwaarpal at the gateway to the swayamvar. However, at the time of the swayamvar, Sanyogita passed all the eligible princes and finally garlanded Prithviraj's statue. At that moment, Prithviraj stepped out and whisked his beloved away! It is believed that after Sanyogita's haran, Prithviraj was presented with a special, magical bow and arrow. Important BattlesA fortuneseeker, Muhammad, hailing from Ghor in present-day Afghanistan, grew increasingly powerful. He conquered Ghazni and subsequently defeated the Ghaznavid governor of Punjab. Muhammad Ghori's domain now touched upon that of Prithviraj Chauhan. A clash was inevitable. First Battle of Tarain (1191 CE)Muhammad Ghori invaded Prithviraj's domains and laid siege to the fortress of Bhatinda in Punjab, which was at the frontier between the two kingdoms. Prithviraj's appeal for help from his father-in-law was scornfully rejected by the haughty Jaichandra. Undaunted, Prithviraj marched on Bhatinda and gave battle to the invaders at a place called Tarain near the town of Thanesar.

In face of the Rajput onslaught, the invading Muslim army broke ranks and fled, leaving their leader, Muhammad Ghori, a prisoner in Prithviraj's hands. Muhammad Ghori was brought in chains to Pithoragarh, Prithviraj's capital. He begged his captor for mercy and release. Prithviraj's ministers advised against pardoning the aggressor. However, the chivalrous and valiant Prithviraj thought otherwise and respectfully and magnanimously released the vanquished Ghori.Some say that Prithviraj actually pardoned him 16 times over 16 encounters. Second Battle of Tarain (1192 CE)The very next year, Ghori repaid Prithviraj's gesture. In 1192 AD he again invaded India with a huge army of 1,20, 000 armed men. Both the armies faced each other again at Tarain. Prithviraj had the support of his feudal chiefs but these were only small princes. No powerful ruler extended his support to him even at this critical juncture. Thus, for all practical purposes he had to face the enemy single handed. Again, the two armies met at Tarain. The Hindus followed a traditional practice of battling only between sunrise and sunset.This practise was based upon great epics and ethics in their civilized society.The Ramayana and the Mahabharata support this practise. Ghori attacked the surprised Rajput army before daybreak and thus emerged victorious. At the point when annihilation became certain, Sanyogita committed Jauhar {suicide} for self-immolation rather than face the prospect of personal dishonour at the hands of a barbaric invader. Prithviraj was taken in chains to Ghor in present-day Afghanistan. Captivity, revenge and deathAs a prisoner in Ghor, Prithviraj was brought in chains before Muhammad Ghori. He haughtily looked Ghori straight into the eye. Ghori ordered him to lower his eyes, whereupon a Prithviraj scornfully reminded him of how he had treated Ghori when the latter was a prisoner. He declared that the eye of a Rajput are lowered only in death. On hearing this,Ghori ordered that his eyes to be burnt with red hot iron rods. The heinous deed was committed. The blind prithvi was then brought to the presence of the barbaric warlord to be taunted by Ghori and his courtiers.

Prithviraj's former courtier Chand Bardai, who was later to compose the Prithviraj Raso, a ballad-biography of Pritiviraj, came to Ghori to be near Prithviraj in his misery. Chand Bardai came in disguise and paens. On one hand, he earned Mahmud's regard; on the other, he took every oprportunity to meet with Prithviraj and urge him to avenge Ghori's betrayal and daily insults.[citation needed]: The two got an opportunity to kill Muhammad Ghori when Ghori announced an archery competition. Chand Bardai told Ghori that Prithviraj was so skilled an archer, that he could take aim based only on sound, and did not even need to look at his target. Ghori disdained to believe this; the courtiers guffawed and taunted Chand Bardai, asking how a blind man could possibly shoot arrows. In the spirit of their usual barbaric mockery, they brought the blind and hapless Prithviraj out to the field. Pressing a bow and arrows into his hand, they taunted him to take aim.

Chand Bardai told Ghori that this taunting would avail nothing, for Prithviraj would never do as some sundry courtiers bade him do. He said that Prithviraj, as an anointed king, would not accept orders from anyone other than another king. His ego thus massaged, and in the spirit of the occasion, Mahmud Ghori agreed to personally give Prithviraj the order to shoot.Some iron plates were hung and Prithiviraj was asked to aim at them.A man was to strike the plate with a hammer and Prithviraj was supposed to hit that plate.

Thus, Chand Bardai provided Prithviraj with an aural indication of where Ghori was seated. He gave Prithviraj one further indication of the same, by composing a couplet on the spot and reciting the same in Prithviraj's hearing. The couplet, composed in a language understood only by Prithviraj went thus:

"Char bans, chaubis gaj, angul ashta praman, Ta upar sultan hai, Chuke mat Chauhan."

(Four measures ahead of you and twenty four yards away as measured with eight finger measurement, is seated the Sultan. Do not miss him now, Chauhan).

Ghori then ordered Prithviraj to shoot. Prithviraj thus came to know the location of Ghori and started shooting at the plates.When he hit the target courtiers said "vah" "vah" and Ghori said "Shabash", recognising Ghori's voice and turning in the direction from where he heard Ghori speak, Prithviraj took aim based only on the voice and on Chand Bardai's couplet, he sent an arrow racing to Ghori's throat. Ghori was thus stuck dead by Prithviraj. Prithviraj and Chandar did not want to die from the hands of Ghori's courtiers so they stabbed each other

Prithvi Raj Chauhan
Prithviraj Chauhan (c. 1168-1192) Prithviraj Chauhan was a king of the Rajput Chauhan (Chauhamana) Rajput dynasty, who ruled a kingdom in northern India during the latter half of the 12th century. He was born c. 1168 to king Someshwara Chauhan and his wife Karpuravalli. He succeeded to the throne c. 1179, while still a minor, and ruled from the twin capitals of Ajmer and Delhi. His elopement with Samyukta, the daughter of Jai Chandra, the Gahadvala king of Kannauj, is a popular romantic tale in India, and is one of the subjects of the Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem composed by Prithviraj's court poet, Chand Bardai. The Chauhan succession had been rather confused since the death of Vigraha-raja in 1165; Prithviraj reconsolidated control of the Chauhan kingdom and conquered several neighboring kingdoms, which made his state the leading Hindu kingdom in northern India. Delhi was captured from the Tomara Rajputs during the early years of his reign, and was renamed Qila Rai Pithora. He campaigned against the Chandela Rajputs of Bundelkhand. His kingdom included much of the present-day Indian states of Rajasthan and Haryana, and parts of Uttar Pradesh and Punjab. To this day, Prithviraj is considered to be a legendary hero and martyr by Hindus, and his lineage appears quite spread out covering vast tracts of Uttar Pradesh, Harayana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Himachal Pradesh. Prithviraj ChauhanPrithviraj Chauhan was the last Hindu king to sit upon the throne of Delhi. Qila Rai Pithoura in Delhi,also known as Pithoragarh, is named after him. After his unfortunate defeat in 1192 AD at the second Battle of Tarain ,India was now open to invasion by muslim invaders.And Delhi came under the control of the Muslim rulers.Delhi continued to be under the control of Muslim rulers until the British period. The only exception to this was Hemu, who managed to sit on the throne of Delhi for a few days after Humayun's death. Prithviraj was one of the most interesting and powerful characters of Indian history. Even today his name is associated with the virtues of Rajput valour, chivalry and patriotism. His bravery on the battlefield was unmatched and he was known to be virtuous and principled until his death.

The Warrior King as he was popularly known, fell in love with his enemy's daughter - Sanyogita. He rode off with her on the day of her swayamvar before the watchful eye of her father.

His story highlights all the important aspects of life: duty, bravery, patriotism, friendship, family and romance.

Prithviraj was born to his parents after 10 years of long prayer. Although he grew up to be a very naughty boy, he was the sharpest of all the princes. He often surprised everyone by his profound thoughts on subjects beyond his young age. He loved his parents very much and also respected Jai Chandra, Nayantra and Anangpal II. Everybody in turn, loved him.As a child, he was indeed the Balkrishna, and as he grew up, he reflected the different faces of Lord Krishna: Murlidhar, Chhaliya, Chakradhar. He and his friend Chander (Chandbardai) shared a friendship almost alike that of Lord Krishna & Sudama. In his youth, he defeated many enemies but always allowed room for forgiveness. He never fought in anger or for personal gain but only performed the duty of a king. Coin of Prithiviraja of Chauhans or Chahamanas of Ajmer/Delhi, circa 1179 AD -1192 AD. Obv: Rider bearing lance on caparisoned horse facing right.Devnagari Legends : Sri Pr/thvi raja deva'. Rev: Recumbent bull facing left ,trishula on bulls rump,Devnagari Legends : Asavari / Sri Samanta deva.His FamilyAnangpal Tomara II, the King of Delhi, had two daughters, Roopsundari and Kamaladevi. Roopsundari married Vijaypal, King of Kannauj. They had a son Jai Chandra. His daughter was the beautiful Sanyogita. Kamaladevi married Someshwar Chauhan, the King of Ajmer. Prithviraj was their son, born after 10 years of marriage. Pratha, his sister marries his friend Samar Singh (King of Chittor). His uncle Kanh's daughter was married to Raja Pajawan or Pajjun of Amber. His ChildhoodAt gurukul, Prithviraj learnt shastra vidya (weaponry, armed combat), sahitya (literature), kala (arts) and rajniti shastra (politics).It was here that he learned the art of"shaabd bhedi baan chalaana" that is hittitng a target without seeing the target, that is only on the basis of sound. It was here that he was groomed to be the King of Ajmer. One day at the gurukul, young Prithviraj was attacked by a lion. Though caught unawares and unarmed, Prithviraj bravely fought the lion and killed it! Tales of his heroism spreading far & wide.

With the stories of Prithviraj's courage, valour and intelligence spreading far and wide, Anangpal the King of Delhi decided to adopt him. He announced Prithviraj Chauhan as his heir. Thus he was crowned prince of Delhi at the young age of 13 years.

Prithviraj at the age of 12 killed Bheemdev Solanki, the king of Gujarat, who betrayed his father Someshwar Chauhan.

He had 4 best friends : Sanjam, Chandar, Pundir, and Arjun. His Immortal LoveAfter becoming the king of Ajmer, Prithviraj heard the court poet describe the unmatched beauty of a lady. Immensely impressed, he soon found out that the beauty described was Sanyogita, the daughter of the Jai Chandra, King of Kannauj. He disguised himself and went to see her. They had met before on the yatra to Koteshwar Mandir. At that time, Prithviraj disguised himself as Surya and princess Sanyogita under the name of Nandini. Though whenever they met, a fight used to always used to break out between them. They're relation was like Krishna and Radha.

Meanwhile Sanyogita too had heard tales of Prithviraj's courage and valour and was smitten. When she finally saw an attractive painting of Prithviraj Chauhan, she knew in her heart that she would marry him. She met the King in disguise and they fell in love.

Suspecting the relationship between the two of them, Jaichand decided to organize a swayamvara in all pomp and splendour for his daughter. He called many princes worthy of his daughter, from all across the country. However Prithviraj wasn't invited. Jaichand despised Prithviraj as the latter had been chosen by Anangpal to be the heir to the throne of Delhi. So, to humiliate Prithviraj, Jaichand erected his statue, dressed and bent as a dwaarpal at the gateway to the swayamvar. However, at the time of the swayamvar, Sanyogita passed all the eligible princes and finally garlanded Prithviraj's statue. At that moment, Prithviraj stepped out and whisked his beloved away! It is believed that after Sanyogita's haran, Prithviraj was presented with a special, magical bow and arrow. Important BattlesA fortuneseeker, Muhammad, hailing from Ghor in present-day Afghanistan, grew increasingly powerful. He conquered Ghazni and subsequently defeated the Ghaznavid governor of Punjab. Muhammad Ghori's domain now touched upon that of Prithviraj Chauhan. A clash was inevitable. First Battle of Tarain (1191 CE)Muhammad Ghori invaded Prithviraj's domains and laid siege to the fortress of Bhatinda in Punjab, which was at the frontier between the two kingdoms. Prithviraj's appeal for help from his father-in-law was scornfully rejected by the haughty Jaichandra. Undaunted, Prithviraj marched on Bhatinda and gave battle to the invaders at a place called Tarain near the town of Thanesar.

In face of the Rajput onslaught, the invading Muslim army broke ranks and fled, leaving their leader, Muhammad Ghori, a prisoner in Prithviraj's hands. Muhammad Ghori was brought in chains to Pithoragarh, Prithviraj's capital. He begged his captor for mercy and release. Prithviraj's ministers advised against pardoning the aggressor. However, the chivalrous and valiant Prithviraj thought otherwise and respectfully and magnanimously released the vanquished Ghori.Some say that Prithviraj actually pardoned him 16 times over 16 encounters. Second Battle of Tarain (1192 CE)The very next year, Ghori repaid Prithviraj's gesture. In 1192 AD he again invaded India with a huge army of 1,20, 000 armed men. Both the armies faced each other again at Tarain. Prithviraj had the support of his feudal chiefs but these were only small princes. No powerful ruler extended his support to him even at this critical juncture. Thus, for all practical purposes he had to face the enemy single handed. Again, the two armies met at Tarain. The Hindus followed a traditional practice of battling only between sunrise and sunset.This practise was based upon great epics and ethics in their civilized society.The Ramayana and the Mahabharata support this practise. Ghori attacked the surprised Rajput army before daybreak and thus emerged victorious. At the point when annihilation became certain, Sanyogita committed Jauhar {suicide} for self-immolation rather than face the prospect of personal dishonour at the hands of a barbaric invader. Prithviraj was taken in chains to Ghor in present-day Afghanistan. Captivity, revenge and deathAs a prisoner in Ghor, Prithviraj was brought in chains before Muhammad Ghori. He haughtily looked Ghori straight into the eye. Ghori ordered him to lower his eyes, whereupon a Prithviraj scornfully reminded him of how he had treated Ghori when the latter was a prisoner. He declared that the eye of a Rajput are lowered only in death. On hearing this,Ghori ordered that his eyes to be burnt with red hot iron rods. The heinous deed was committed. The blind prithvi was then brought to the presence of the barbaric warlord to be taunted by Ghori and his courtiers.

Prithviraj's former courtier Chand Bardai, who was later to compose the Prithviraj Raso, a ballad-biography of Pritiviraj, came to Ghori to be near Prithviraj in his misery. Chand Bardai came in disguise and paens. On one hand, he earned Mahmud's regard; on the other, he took every oprportunity to meet with Prithviraj and urge him to avenge Ghori's betrayal and daily insults.[citation needed]: The two got an opportunity to kill Muhammad Ghori when Ghori announced an archery competition. Chand Bardai told Ghori that Prithviraj was so skilled an archer, that he could take aim based only on sound, and did not even need to look at his target. Ghori disdained to believe this; the courtiers guffawed and taunted Chand Bardai, asking how a blind man could possibly shoot arrows. In the spirit of their usual barbaric mockery, they brought the blind and hapless Prithviraj out to the field. Pressing a bow and arrows into his hand, they taunted him to take aim.

Chand Bardai told Ghori that this taunting would avail nothing, for Prithviraj would never do as some sundry courtiers bade him do. He said that Prithviraj, as an anointed king, would not accept orders from anyone other than another king. His ego thus massaged, and in the spirit of the occasion, Mahmud Ghori agreed to personally give Prithviraj the order to shoot.Some iron plates were hung and Prithiviraj was asked to aim at them.A man was to strike the plate with a hammer and Prithviraj was supposed to hit that plate.

Thus, Chand Bardai provided Prithviraj with an aural indication of where Ghori was seated. He gave Prithviraj one further indication of the same, by composing a couplet on the spot and reciting the same in Prithviraj's hearing. The couplet, composed in a language understood only by Prithviraj went thus:

"Char bans, chaubis gaj, angul ashta praman, Ta upar sultan hai, Chuke mat Chauhan."

(Four measures ahead of you and twenty four yards away as measured with eight finger measurement, is seated the Sultan. Do not miss him now, Chauhan).

Ghori then ordered Prithviraj to shoot. Prithviraj thus came to know the location of Ghori and started shooting at the plates.When he hit the target courtiers said "vah" "vah" and Ghori said "Shabash", recognising Ghori's voice and turning in the direction from where he heard Ghori speak, Prithviraj took aim based only on the voice and on Chand Bardai's couplet, he sent an arrow racing to Ghori's throat. Ghori was thus stuck dead by Prithviraj. Prithviraj and Chandar did not want to die from the hands of Ghori's courtiers so they stabbed each other —Preceding unsigned comment added by Kshatriya.arpaan (talk • contribs) 07:45, 29 November 2009 (UTC)

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Prithviraj III → — Common name (or Prithviraj Chauhan).  Arjun  codename024 16:45, 28 May 2010 (UTC)
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The betrayal and blinding of Prithviraja, and how he avenged his humiliation
Plz add any reliable references, it seems this section is written according to popular beliefs. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.93.75.130 (talk) 03:39, 20 June 2010 (UTC)

The main authours seem to have exclusive access to a lot of data that is not availiable to anyone else. And they have not quoted any sources. Is there any evidence (apart from the stories circulated by the Sangh Parivar) that Chavhan's army was ambushed at 3 am? Is there any evidence that he was engaged in single combat with an enemy soldier? And even if he had been drugged with opoium, I do not believe that the entire Delhi army had temporary blindness and did not see what was happening!

I think that too much of this article is based on legend. For example, the story of a blind Chauhan killing Ghori by using his applause to guide the arrow in the correct direction. I have heard this story, but since most of the other data suggests otherwise (Chauhan was executed earlier), I am inclined to believe that it is just wishful thinking that became legend. What all authours agree is that Chauhan won the first battle, but I am not sure whether Ghori was captured. I have read reports that he was wounded. Are there any independent sources that can verify that he was captured? Given the chivalry of the Rajputs, Chauhan might have behaved as the legend states should he have caught Ghori. I also admit that once Ghori won, he would have erased any records that cast him in a bad light; but still unless there is any evidence, once should not write it in a manner that suggests that it is the truth.

Also this talk about heroes and villans: everything depends on the point of view of the authour. One man's hero may be another man's villan. So I request you to edit this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.11.77.198 (talk) 12:10, 22 July 2010 (UTC)

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Edit request from Angel.vampire1, 24 August 2010
Please change the following as it is not correct and can be rejected: prithviraj chauhan defeated Ghori 2 times and left him alive.but the 3th time Ghori defeated prithviraj chauhan. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Chandra ruler (talk • contribs) 20:26, 9 August 2011 (UTC)
 * "He succeeded to the throne in 1169 A.D. at the age of 20" because he succeded the throne at age 13.

Jaichand himself did not escape as after the defeat of Prithviraj, Ghouri turned his sword on Jaichand and at the battle of Chandvar decimated him.
 * "Sultan Ghauri took Prithvi Raj to Ghazni, where he was executed" is not true since after being taken to Ghazni, Prithviraj Chauhan killed Ghauri(Ghori).Ghori returned a year later. Prithviraj sent him a letter reminding him of how he had spared his life one year earlier, and asked him to leave. Ghori said he was waiting for his brother's orders to do so, and moved his camp back a few kilometres. add this: Ghori had taken Jai Chand's help knowing the animosity Jaichand held against Prithvi Raj Chauhan. Jai Chand gave inputs about war strategy of Prithvi Raj and the knowledge that Rajputs didn't fight by night, he suddenly attacked in the early hours, taking Prithviraj's army by surprise and captured Prithviraj after a fierce battle which had betrayal by Jaichand without which it would have not been possible for Ghauri to win the battle.It is recorded that Prithviraj requested Jaichand to unite with him and fight Ghouri, but Jaichand refused and sided with Ghouri.

Reference: 'Prithvi Raj Raso' epic book by Chand Bardai; www.gloriousindia.com/history/rajputs.html and www.bukisa.com/articles/516939_traitors-who-changed-the-history-of-india Later Prithviraj Chauhan and his friend Chandar stabbed each other to save themselves from Ghori's gaurds.During his capture in Ghazni, Ghori had used extremely hot iron rods to make prithviraj Chauhan blind. But still Prithviraj Chauhan killed Ghori with the help from his friend Chand Bardai(Chandar) and his shabdbhedi badvidya.

This can be verified by sites http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/history/prithviraj-chauhan.html and http://hinduhistory.blogspot.com/2008/02/prithviraj-chauhan.html This can also be found in A History of India Volume I by Romila Thapar, A History of India Volume II by Percival, Spear Early Chauhan Dynasties by Dashratha Sharma. Thank you.

Angel.vampire1 (talk) 12:28, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Not done: Welcome. Please reach a consensus on the birthyear before renewing this request. The article currently had 1149 with him gaiing the throne in 1169. One of your sources has the birthyear as 1166 and the other has 1168. The one with 1166 appears to be a blog. The one with 1168 claims he was thirteen in 1179, which lessens its credibility as well. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 14:09, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Pritviraj Chauhan is not gurjar he is Rajput king 1nrajsinhChauhan (talk) 11:14, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Death of Prithviraj
It is not fair to exclude the heroics of Prithviraj before he met his end. The same is available here Please refer to the same and make the necessary additions. I could had done this but the page is not editable for all. Bmayuresh (talk) 14:00, 11 November 2010 (UTC)
 * I was unable to find the required reliable sources for this legend, so the material has not been added to the article at this point. -- Diannaa (Talk) 22:04, 11 November 2010 (UTC)

There are no citations for the fanciful claims of how many troops were involved or how the war unfolded. Please remove this entire section or provide appropriate sources. As of now, this reads like the fantasy of some closet admirer of Ghori. - JJR —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.189.169.87 (talk) 18:00, 27 March 2011 (UTC)

Wikipedia makes big part of my surfing,and i strongly believe on the facts written over the Wiki but still It could be possible that many people could give wrong material like in the context pritviraj chauhan, Stating that the great prithviraj chauhan was not gurjar/gujjar is an example.It makes gujjars very insulted by this comment.

This is with reference to the Many scholars and books,the great gurjars-pratihar were the rulers in india before the rajput come any where into existence. Gurjar/pratihars were stated as the wall for the india for arabs invadors and sevured from arab invadors for long times.Than the rajputs comes into existence who are nothing but the kings son so called "rajaputra"than rajput but not the son of the kings queens,These King were actually the gurjars-partihars whose sons were called as the rajput.This is because even today the lots of the gurjar/gujjar clans are same as of rajput,These clans are given to these rajputs by their fathers.

Now comes to the second point,Once the arab intruders succeeded entering india and captured regions,They don't have any soft corner to the great gurjars,and start taking revenges from the gurjars.Than gurjars started moving the remote areas this is the reason even today gurjar/gujjar are found in the remote hilly areas also.Now the the most of the kings stated themself as the rajput but not as gurjars, This above all is mentioned to tell that the gujjar any where are all from the great grujar blood line only not outside from them. On the comment that the gujjar belong to OBC ,this should be known to that person who highlighted this ,that Rajput are also come under OBC in many states.

Great gujrar king Prithviraj Chauhan is said to be rajput by my friend is totally a mischievous, there are lots chauhan gujjar in Ajmer and other part of rajasthan. Even the god sriDevenarayan worshiped by the gujjars and rajput was pride of the chauhan clan of gujjars.

we appreciate if before removing the gujjar tag for Great prithviraj chauhan wiki, we should got some strong references which proof against this. Please revert the changes on the page. This would be very appreciable.

I believe people would immediately see the fallacy regarding the myth that Prithviraj killed Muhammad or Gour through his superb archery skills since Muhammad of Gour died 14 years after Prithviraj's death. This is the most famous version of the story due to it helped the injection of Hindu nationalism after the independence of India. This should be in the literature section,and should not be mentioned as a "fact" as what it had been done on this page.219.92.211.221 (talk) 16:45, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Edit request from Durgeshn, 11 May 2011
THIS ARTICAL IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD AND NEED COMPLETE REWRITE. I volunteer to rewrite

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Edit request from 122.163.73.25, 30 June 2011
122.163.73.25 (talk) 13:54, 30 June 2011 (UTC) hi pls change this because prithvi raj chauhan was a gurjar rajput and rajput not a cast they r just a group of king who belong differant type diynasty and chauhan was orijanly gurjar just see.[Gurjar]wiki and also see chauhan wiki ,thanks often u also heard about bad gurjar rajput,kushwah rajput,chauhan rajput,and partihar rajput too,that all men is fully fool who saying that persent gurjar is not the same gurjar of past.they all not a rajput ok? and i want to say that if we r not a gurjar partihar so u also not same rajput like past .and u r also adopted ur cast as a rajput.just shut up ok? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.163.73.25 (talk) 14:04, 30 June 2011 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Also please remain civil otherwise the community will block you. Avenue X at Cicero (talk) 19:03, 30 June 2011 (UTC) boss, you need to provide some proof to backup your theory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Amitsingh5827 (talk • contribs) 21:20, 21 October 2011 (UTC)

The legendary epic Prithviraj Raso mentioned Someshvara, father of Prithviraj Chauhan, as a Gurjar on page 22 of the original Prithviraj Raso Version. Please see the following link:

https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-56a6e141affeb94756c01ffe7c5d82b3 The Real Rana (talk) 16:52, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

Chand Bardai
Please mention how Chauhan, with the help of Chand Bardai, killed Ghori. Also, Ghori didn't flee in the first battle. Chauhan captured him and released him after asking Ghori not to come to India. Let me know if you need citation. Nameisnotimportant (talk) 19:17, 22 July 2011 (UTC)
 * The Death of Ghori still remains unproved, but the legend at least deserves a mention. The capture and release is known fact, though, and definitely needs to be added. A citation would be good, yes. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.199.0.88 (talk) 11:50, 25 July 2011 (UTC)

Son of Prithvi Raj Chouhan
Lakhan Kotri is a big locality. Prior to the arrival of Khwaja Saheb in Ajmer, King Prithvi Raj Chouhan had kept here a very beautiful woman here. This woman belonged to Bhil caste. Prithvi Raj Chouhan had twenty one sons through this woman, which is supported by the statement adduced by Farzand Ali S/O Wazeer Ali Khadim Khwaja Saheb on 15th February 1929 min the Court of First Class Magistrate Ajmer, Janab Mangilal Dosi and the same is also certified by the national history of Magare-Merwara. Out of them, four sons had died, among the remaining fifteen sons, Lakha Bhil, the son of this very Bhil woman used to reside in this locality along with his other brothers, Teka Bhil, Shakka Bhil, Bheekas Bhil, Jodha Bhil and Bardha Bhil at the time of Prithvi Raj rule, at the time of arrival of Khwaja saheb in Ajmer. By the name of this Lakha Bhil, this locality was called Lakhan Kotri and even today the same  is called as such and is popular by the same. This statement is supported by the same name. This statement is supported by Col. James Tode’s historical book Tode of Rajasthan also and page no. 43 of the book” Moin-Ul-Arwah” and page no. 71 and 72 of the book “Ahsanul sair” also support this statement. The same is proved by page no.71 of the book by name History of Khwaja Ajmeri. More ever, in the very same locality there was silver mine, but when silver stopped to emerge, the same was closed due to the same  not being profit rendering. At the time of arrival of British and in the last period of Mughals also this locality was a solitude Jungle but at the ending of the year 1817, when this city came under the capture of Britishers, the well to do persons got constructed houses after obtaining permission from British officials, which assumed the shapes of Kothies later on. The grave (Tomb) of the very same Lakha Bhil is existing in the locality Salawtan Upar wali Hathai lane, Lakhan Kotri even now. This statement is supported by page no. 410 of book Kitab Moinul Arwah written by Nawab Khadim  Hussain also and pages number 71 & 72 of the  book “Ahsanul Sair” also prove that these so called khadims have continued to go there till the year 1947 AD. And continued to celebrate the Annual Urs of Lakha Bhil. Today Haji Iftekhar Ali son of Sarfraz alone is a  Khadim, who pays visit to the tomb of his fore father, Lakha Bhil, regularly   and resorts to phool, agarbatti etc But when these Khadims notices that there is none to know about their reality, they took advantage of this and started telling that  tombs of both the wives of Khwaja in the Tosha Khana of the tomb of Khwaja Saheb and the tomb of others, is the tomb of the so called  Fakhruddin Gurdezi and here also they have started extracting amount from the innocent people. After gathering the historical informations of Lakahn Kotri in whose name the locality was inherited and the same is still  as such, i.e. on a Bhil by name Lakha they were liventy one brother who were the so called  children of Prithvi Raj Chouhan, out of these brothers, Lakha, Tekka, Shakha, Bheeka, Jodha and Birdha approached Khwaja Saheb and in this manner they started  to visit Khwaja Saheb regularly. At the time when Khwaja Saheb was spreading Islam, Lakha Bhil, Teeka Bhil embraced Islam and accepted Khwaja Saheb as their Murshad ( Religious Master) and this incident is of the year 1178 (Chander Bhai) and in the meanwhile  there was Bikram Year 1265. Thus, after Lakha Bhil and Teka Bhil embraced Islam, the Islmic names were again given to them by Khwaja Saheb, i.e.the name of Lakha was kept as Fakharuddin and the name of Teka as Moahmmed Yadgar. Thus, Lakha Bhil, on account of being the child of Mohammed Yadgar is Sheikhzada Khadim. In this way, those who are associated with Anjuman Moinia Fakhriya Chishtia Syed Zadgan Khuddam Khwaja Saheb, are from the off-springs of Lakha Bhil and those who are associated with Anjuman Yadgar Chishtia Sheikh Zadgan Khuddam. Khwaja Saheb are the off springs of Teka Bhil.

The above statement is supported by page number 44 and 45 of the book Chander Bhat ( Called Bhai) also, which is entered in a court record file as  Exhibit D-44 and 45 in a criminal case of Lakha Bhil and in connection with the support  of the very same above subject, there had run a criminal case which was decreed in the year  1930 A.D. Through this very judgement it was proved that all the Khadims of the Dargah of  Ajmer are from the off-springs of Lakha Bhil. This case was entered in this manner that. “ In the Court of Treasury officer and Magistrate First Class Ajmer Criminal Case no. 70 of 1928” Sarfraz Ali son of Yousuf Ali Khadim of Ajmer complaint versus Mohiuddin  Alais Pyare Miyan musalman of Ajmer accused decided on 31.7.1930 by Jawahar Lal  Rawat Magistrate First Class.

In this case the Court hold as under that Lakha and his brother Tekka became Mohammedan in Samvat 1175 (Samvat Chander Bhat) it was samvat (Bikrami) 1265. Then Khadims are the descendants of Lakha and Tekka. Lakha and Tekka were Bhil. Lakha’s Islamic name was Fakharuddin, Takkas’s name was Mohammed Yadgar.

Prior to the commencement of this case also the so called Khadim of Dargah got associated themselves to any one of their liking, but Muhiddin Alia, Pyare Miyan has spoken about them that :-

Chao Musalman Gasht Awural Eteqad Naam lakha Bhil Fakharuddin Ninhad

And thus there started litigation among the so called Khadims of Dargah and Payre Miyan. Both the parties adduced their respective proofs and took the support of historical book and in this way, at least Moniuddin Alias Pyare Miyan made believe the court that the entire Khadim Community (Syed Zadgan) are the descendants of Lakah Bhil. This case is supported by page 145 and page 146 and page 147 of the book “The Shrine and Cult of Moinduudin Chishti of Ajmer” written by P.M. Curry. This book has been published in (19) countries at a time through Oxford Press London. In the support of the very same Lakha Bhil and Teka Bhil, on in enquiring from Late Haji Iftkhar Ali, the then Sadar Anjuman Lakha Walan and Late Sheikh Riyaz Mohammed the then Sadar Anjuman Tekawalkan, it was informed by Late Sheikh Riyaz Mohammed and the members of his association that on 9th August, 1971 A.D.. The Rajasthan High Court in its judgment has given of equal share to both these Associations from the property of Lakha  Bhil and Teka Bhil. But under an agreement by playing fraud upon us it was declared that the share of Anjuman  Lakha Walan and  Anjuman Teka Walan is eleven Anna. I this agreement, after the name of their associated (Anjuman) Lakha Walan has not been written, on the other hand they have got writtenTeka walan after the name of our Association fraudulently. Hence the above statements of Sheikh Riyaz Mohammed is making certification of Lakha and Tekka even today. However, there had been several cases in connection with being the descendants of Lakha Bhil from time to time. Among these, a case no. 314 of 1928 Sharif Hussain versus Dargah Committee Ajmer also is filed. In this case the documents where are produced as Exhibit P-12, are as under:-

Case No. 314 of 1928. Exhibit P.12, Shareef Hussain Versus Dargah Committee Ajmer. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Thetrue (talk • contribs) 05:37, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

DESPERATELY needs a rewrite
This entire article reads like some B-Grade fantasy novel, and a really bad one at that. There isn't even a single citation beyond the bibiliography; and it doesn't even mention Chauhan's grave in Afghanistan. Either the editor of this article please come forward and provide some credible sources, or this needs to be rewritten from scratch, which I'll be more than willing to do (I'm not logged in at the moment) if there's no response in a few days' time.

Same thing for the Battles of Tarain article - not a single citation, and just bunch of stuff mashed up together. some of the states in india during prithvi's time 1)mewath - enemy of prithvi, the king was Mudhgal Rai. In the war that prithvi fought, his two generals Patan Bajid Khan and Ram Gujjar were killed by prithvi's generals Kaimas and Kuramb respectively. 2)mandowar - king was Nahar Rai. His daughter jamvathi was prithvi's first wife. it was kind of love-hate relation between ajmer n this state. The king first wanted prithvi to marry his daughter, then isulted prithvi n someshwar, so prithvi fought war, then he married his daughter to prithvi- fromt hen on the two states were on friendly terms 3)Onchar - king was jaswant. Prithvi captured this state with the help of his general Lohana. After that, the king was on friendly terms with prithvi 4)Nagaur - this was under prithvi, later prithvi makes Mir Hussein (brother of ghori) the king of this place. 5)Aabu - king was Salash Panwar. His daughter Inchini was prithvi's second wife. His first daughter mandodari married bhimdev of gujrat. After his death, the state was ruled byJaith Panwar (his son) he was a good friend of prithvi. 6)Shishirgad - was ruled by the yadav king Vijaypal (this state is supposed to be ib the eastern side of india). his daughter padmavathi was prithvi's fourth wife (third wife was dhamini- punder's sister). first he had fixed the marriege of padmavathi with the king of Kamau- Kumodham 7)Devgiri - was ruled by Somwanshi Jadhav. His daughter Shashivratha was prithvi's fifth wife. Rival of prithvi and close friend of jaichand 8)Ujjain - was ruled by King Kamdhaj. His daughter is indravathi- prithvi's sixth wife. close friend of jaichand and Somwanshi Jadhav 9) Ranbambh - ruled by King bhan. His daughter is Hamsavathi - prithvi's seventh wife 10)Kannoj - ruled by jaichand - daughter sanyogita - 8th wife of prithvi 11)gazni - ruled by ghori. his important generals wereThatkar khan, arab khan, Mir Jaman, Khurasa Khan, Rahan Khan, Rustam Khan, Haji Khan, Gazi Khan, Jammar Khan, Muhabat Khan and Mir khan — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhavinkundaliya (talk • contribs) 17:04, 31 July 2011 (UTC) Prithviraj's generals n bhimdev's brothers were having some celebration together.However some fight breaks out and one of bhimdev's brothers says something... and kanha chauhan gets angy n kills him this leads to a fight between them n finally all of bhimdev's brothers die n someof prithvi's generals also die. When prithvi hears this he gets upset n calls all his generals n says they shldn't have done thhis. Bhimdev gets angry when he knows about the death of his brothers n decides to take revenge on ajmer — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bhavinkundaliya (talk • contribs) 17:09, 31 July 2011 (UTC)

Edit request from, 21 October 2011
Amit Singh 21:03, 21 October 2011 (UTC) Sir, Please add some information on this page, about the death of Muhammad of Ghor by Prithvi Raj To refer, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_of_Ghor

Finally Prithvi Raj Victorious: As a prisoner in Ghor, Prithviraj was brought in chains before Muhammad Ghori.He haughtily looked Ghori straight into the eye. Ghori ordered him to lower his eyes, where upon a Prithviraj scornfully reminded him that the "eyes of a rajput is lowered only when a rajput dies". On hearing this, Ghori ordered that his eyes to be burnt with red hot iron rods.

Prithviraj's former courtier Chand Bardai, whose poems were later collected and added to by other poets came to be known as the Prithviraj Raso, a ballad-biography of Pritiviraj, came to Ghori to be near Prithviraj in his misery. Chand Bardai came in disguise and paens. On the one hand, he earned Mahmud's regard; on the other, he took every opportunity to meet with Prithviraj and urge him to avenge Ghori. The two got an opportunity to kill Muhammad Ghori when Ghori announced an archery competition.

Chand Bardai told Ghori that Prithviraj was so skilled an archer, that he could take aim based only on sound, and did not even need to look at his target. Ghori disdained to believe this; the courtiers guffawed and taunted Chand Bardai, asking how a blind man could possibly shoot arrows. In the spirit of their usual barbaric mockery, they brought the blind and hapless Prithviraj out to the field. Pressing a bow and arrows into his hand, they taunted him to take aim. Chand Bardai told Ghori that this taunting would avail nothing, for Prithviraj would never do as some sundry courtiers bade him do. He said that Prithviraj, as an anointed king, would not accept orders from anyone other than another king. His ego thus massaged, and in the spirit of the occasion, Mahmud Ghori agreed to personally give Prithviraj the order to shoot. Some iron plates were hung and Prithiviraj was asked to aim at them. A man was to strike the plate with a hammer and Prithviraj was supposed to hit that plate.

Thus, Chand Bardai provided Prithviraj with an oral indication of where Ghori was seated by composing a couplet on the spot and reciting the same in Prithviraj's hearing. The couplet, composed in a language understood only by Prithviraj went thus:

"Char bans, chaubis gaj, angul ashta praman, Ta upar sultan hai, Chuke mat Chauhan." (Four measures ahead of you and twenty four yards away as measured with eight finger measurement, is seated the Sultan. Do not miss him now, Chauhan).

Ghori then ordered Prithviraj to shoot. Prithviraj thus came to know the location of Ghori and started shooting at the plates. When he hit the target courtiers said "vah" "vah" and Ghori said "Shabash", recognising Ghori's voice and turning in the direction from where he heard Ghori speak. Prithviraj took aim based only on the voice and on Chand Bardai's couplet, he sent an arrow racing to Ghori's throat. Ghori was thus stuck dead instantly by Prithviraj.


 * You must give references when you request a change. Wikipedia itself is not a 'reliable source', so I cannot make this change at the moment, sorry.  Chzz  ► 08:10, 22 October 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 3 January 2012
The story of Prithiviraj does not end here. As a prisoner in Ghor he was presented before Mahmud, where he looked Ghori straight into the eye

Ghori ordered him to lower his eyes, whereupon a defiant Prithiviraj scornfully told him how he had treated Ghori as a prisoner and said that the eyelids of a Rajputs eyes are lowered only in death.On hearing this, Ghori flew into a rage and ordered that Prithviraj's eyes be burnt with red hot iron rods

This heinous deed being done, Prithiviraj was regularly brought to the court to be taunted by Ghori and his courtiers. In those days Prithiviraj was joined by his former biographer Chand Bardai, who had composed a ballad-biography on Pritiviraj in the name of Prithviraj Raso (Songs of Prithviraj). Chand Bardai told Prithiviraj, that he should avenge Ghori's betrayal and daily insults.

The Blind Prithviraj Avenges the Injustice done to him

The two got an opportunity when Ghori announced a game of Archery. On the advice of Chand Bardai, Prithviraj, who was then at court said he would also like to participate. On hearing his suggestion, the courtiers guffawed at him and he was taunted by Ghori as to how he could participate when he could not see. Whereupon, Prithiviraj told Mahmud Ghori to order him to shoot, and he would reach his target.

Ghori became suspicious and asked Prithviraj why he wanted Ghori himself to order and not anyone else. On behlaf of Prithiviraj, Chand Bardai told Ghori that he as a king would not accept orders from anyone other than a king. His ego satisfied, Mahmud Ghori agreed.

On the said day, Ghori sitting in his royal enclosure had Prithiviraj brought to the ground and had him unchained for the event. On Ghori's ordering Prithviraj to shoot, we are told Prithiviraj turned in the direction from where he heard Ghori speak and struck Ghori dead with his arrow. This event is described by Chand Bardai in the couplet, "Dus kadam aggey, bees kadam daey, baitha hai Sultan. Ab mat chuko Chouhan, chala do apna baan." (Ten feet ahead of you and twenty feet to your right, is seated the Sultan, do not now miss him Chouhan, release your baan - arrow).

Thus ended the story of the brave but unrealistic Prithviraj Chouhan - the last Hindu ruler of Delhi. Delhi was to remain under Muslim rule for the next 700 years till 1857 and under British rule till 1947.

151.191.175.207 (talk) 04:52, 3 January 2012 (UTC)
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mohammad ghori was assassinated in1206 at sohana near zelam in current pak. so how it can be possible that prithviraj killed ghori ??( pitie minds self satisfaction )
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Edit request on 6 July 2012
Contrary to popular belief, some historians disagree about the archery competition held by Muhammad Gori and that he was killed by Prithviraj Chauhan. Infact, coins recovered suggest that Prithviraj actually ruled over Ranthambor for some time and the coins had the seal too.

180.215.50.150 (talk) 21:56, 6 July 2012 (UTC)


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Edit request on 9 December 2012
I want to add today's spelling to the archaic ones  "Jai Chandra Rathod" to "Jai Chandra Rathod (Rathore)"

Baitaal (talk) 15:37, 9 December 2012 (UTC)
 * There are numerous pointy transliterations, often designed to make alleged connections to various castes etc. Are there any decent sources that refer to Jai Chandra Rathore? I can get only five results using Google Search and not one of them is reliable. - Sitush (talk) 16:21, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

answerfrom Baitaal: Quote "In Northern part of India, the Rathore (or Rathor or Rathur or Rathod or Rathour) is a Suryavanshi Indian clan." From ,Google books"Gorkhas: The Warrior Race By Bandana Rai" http://books.google.com.pk/books?id=keEl6QKnuoYC&pg=PA147&dq=rathore+%26+Rathod&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XcjFUOmKEMuk4ATQ04DgDw&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=rathore%20%26%20Rathod&f=false — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baitaal (talk • contribs) 11:37, 10 December 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes. I was aware that there are a multitude of names for the clan but not of that has any bearing on the name of this individual. You need to find reliable sources that call him "Jai Chandra Rathore" and, as I said above, there do not appear to be any. - Sitush (talk) 11:59, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

third para
In this article the 3rd paragraph from first is unnecessary.First it should be shown prithviraj was defeated at 2nd battle in understandable shorter form.Then in the respective battle section it should be in detail how he was defeated and kiled. Then it will be in structured form according to my view 14.99.10.194 (talk) 07:52, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 31 December 2012
Gurjardesh (talk) 11:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC) Prithviraj chauhan is a GURJAR Rajputra
 * Please can you provide a reliable source for this. There has been quite a campaign to insert Gurjar origin claims on Wikipedia of late but they have usually proven to be either unverifiable or, at best, contentious and in need of more explanation than a simple "is" or "was". Thanks. - Sitush (talk) 20:30, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Edit request on 13 April 2013
The article under the title "Death of Ghori and Prithviraj" is incorrect. The mentioned article is the elaboration of a poem by Prithviraj Raso .

Ghori was assasinated by Gakhars or Khokhars as mentioned in the article "Final days and death" on Ghori's page on wiki . There are references given in the article "Final days and death" on Ghori's page.

188.49.118.35 (talk) 19:18, 13 April 2013 (UTC)
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death of pritvhiraj and Ghori
it is mentioned that prithviraj killed ghori, if it is true then how come date of death of these two rulers are different.

prithivraj's death is mentoned as 1169 while ghori's death is mentioned as 1206, please clarify — Preceding unsigned comment added by Moosad (talk • contribs) 06:24, 7 September 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 18 October 2013
I am a butt!

Anandhsai (talk) 20:41, 18 October 2013 (UTC) After the 2nd battle of Tarain, Prithviraj Chauhan was blinded by Ghori. The rajput king's court-poet and childhood friend Chand Bardai followed Ghori in disguise, came to his camp and gained his trust. He then met Prithvi and they made a plan. Chand Bardai told Ghori that PRC knew Shavbvedi, i.e he could hit a target with his arrow on hearing a sound, but since he was a king, he would do so only on the orders of another king- i.e Ghori. Ghori called Prithvi and asked him to aim at a ringing bell. But instead of the bell, Prithviraj aimed for the sound of Ghori's voice. According to some legends, Chand composed a poem to help Prithvi understand the exact location of Ghori. Anyway, Ghori was killed, and to avoid being humiliated by Ghori's soldiers, Chand and Prithvi stabbed each other. Prithviraj Chauhan's grave is in Afganisthan and one needs to trod on that grave to visit Ghori's grave.


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Edit request on 20 October 2013
Birth date:- 1148 external link:-http://prithvirajraso.hpage.com

Shivrajansingh (talk) 03:17, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Not done: That is a self-published source. Please provide an independent, reliable source. Thanks, Celestra (talk) 04:10, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 26 October 2013
The story of Prithiviraj does not end here. As a prisoner in Ghor he was presented before Mahmud, where he looked Ghori straight into the eye and threw up.

Ghori ordered him to lower his eyes and left to wash his face, whereupon a defiant Prithiviraj scornfully told him how he had treated Ghori as a prisoner and said that the eyelids of a Rajputs eyes are lowered only in death.On hearing this, Ghori flew into a rage and ordered that Prithviraj's eyes be burnt with red hot iron rods

This heinous deed being done, Prithiviraj was regularly brought to the court to be taunted by Ghori and his courtiers. In those days Prithiviraj was joined by his former biographer Chand Bardai, who had composed a ballad-biography on Pritiviraj in the name of Prithviraj Raso (Songs of Prithviraj). Chand Bardai told Prithiviraj, that he should avenge Ghori's betrayal and daily insults.

The Blind Prithviraj Avenges the Injustice done to him

The two got an opportunity when Ghori announced a game of Archery. On the advice of Chand Bardai, Prithviraj, who was then at court said he would also like to participate. On hearing his suggestion, the courtiers guffawed at him and he was taunted by Ghori as to how he could participate when he could not see. Whereupon, Prithiviraj told Mahmud Ghori to order him to shoot, and he would reach his target.

Ghori became suspicious and asked Prithviraj why he wanted Ghori himself to order and not anyone else. On behlaf of Prithiviraj, Chand Bardai told Ghori that he as a king would not accept orders from anyone other than a king. His ego satisfied, Mahmud Ghori agreed.

On the said day, Ghori sitting in his royal enclosure had Prithiviraj brought to the ground and had him unchained for the event. On Ghori's ordering Prithviraj to shoot, we are told Prithiviraj turned in the direction from where he heard Ghori speak and struck Ghori dead with his arrow. This event is described by Chand Bardai in the couplet, "Dus kadam aggey, bees kadam daey, baitha hai Sultan. Ab mat chuko Chouhan, chala do apna baan." (Ten feet ahead of you and twenty feet to your right, is seated the Sultan, do not now miss him Chouhan, release your baan - arrow).

Thus ended the story of the brave but unrealistic Prithviraj Chouhan

Justrohitkumar (talk) 01:11, 26 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done: This entire passage can be found in various places on the internet, worded exactly like this ... such as here, here, and here. This means that there is most likely a published source out there that uses this text, so putting it into the Wikipedia article would be plagiarism. Also, this request is not formatted as a request, so where to put this text is not clear, even if it was not plagiarism. Steel1943  (talk) 05:25, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * From the reliable historical sources I have found, the story, being requested for insertion, is simply a legend. According to MUHAMMAD B. SAM Mu'izz AL-DIN, T.W. Haig, Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. VII, ed. C.E.Bosworth, E.van Donzel, W.P. Heinrichs and C. Pellat, (Brill, 1993), 410; Prithviraj was slain at the 2nd battle of Tarain(1192), whereas Muhammad of Ghor was assassinated in 1205. --Kansas Bear (talk) 05:37, 26 October 2013 (UTC)
 * for finding that information! I noticed that this was not the first time this was requested either, so I figured something was not right. Steel1943  (talk) 06:16, 26 October 2013 (UTC)

Kindly mention Capital Sambhal (city in UP) in Prithviraj history.
We all know about the capital of prithviraj Sambhal where the tota mena grave is present.The city also contains the things which verifies that he has lived here and fought with the Aala-Udhav brothers here. Kindly make changes in his wikipedia page as Sambhal is a important phase in his life. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 223.196.80.7 (talk) 10:57, 12 December 2013 (UTC)


 * No mention in the article without reliable sources. Please see our policy regarding verifiability. Graves, for example, often exist many miles from where a person lived and even died, eg: many graves from World War I. - Sitush (talk) 15:11, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 29 January 2014
Prithvi raj defeated Ghori 17 times and gave mercy on 18th time he was captured, and Prithviraj shot an Shabdvedi baan(arrow from where the voice is coming) and killed Ghori

I see people have made many request to edit this Prithviraj Chauhan page and have given reliable information,but people from wikipedia say to mention a trusted source,may i know from where has wikipedia got the details that you have posted on the page or why do you believe that whatever is posted on the current page is true which had no citations also, please update the Prithiviraj Chauhan page with correct information

202.134.167.207 (talk) 18:21, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
 * I have already posted evidence from "The Encyclopaedia of Islam" that clearly states Ghori was assassinated in 1206 and not killed by Prithviraj(who was executed after the Second battle of Tarain in 1192). --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:59, 31 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Not done. Kansas appears to be correct. Alas, I suspect that people will keep requesting this change in ignorance of reliable sources. - Sitush (talk) 15:09, 6 February 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 31 January 2014
Pritviraj chauhan was a gurjar chouhan ruler the link Prithviraj Chauhan belonged to the Chauhan clan, which according to a legend mentioned in later manuscripts of Prithviraj Raso was part of Agnikula Rajputs, derived it’s origin from a sacrifical fire-pit.However a number of scholars including V. A. Smith assign him aGurjara origin.[1 [2 ] Chauhan was the last independent Hindu king to sit upon the throne of Delhi[3 ]. He succeeded to the throne in 1169 CE at the age of 20, and ruled from the twin capitals of Ajmer and Delhi which he received from his maternal grandfather Arkpal or Anangpal III of the Tomara dynasty in Delhi. He controlled much of present-dayRajasthan and Haryana, and unified the Rajputs against Muslim invasions. His elopement in 1175 with Samyukta (Sanyogita), the daughter of Jai Chandra Rathod, the Gahadvalaking of Kannauj, is a popular romantic tale in India, and is one of the subjects of thePrithviraj Raso, an epic poem composed by Chauhan’s court poet and friend, Chand Bardai.]

122.252.237.34 (talk) 14:18, 31 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Your source is not reliable. but the article already says that he was a Chauhan ruler. In fact, I think your source is a mirror of an old version our article. - Sitush (talk) 15:06, 6 February 2014 (UTC)


 * The article clearly states its Rajput clan.. Even if to be believed origin is Gurjar who lated called Rajput the link states Prithviraj Chauhan was Rajput King. No doubt in that.. If still the article is made protected by this and moderated not getting the actual meaning than its unfortunate. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.50.50.243 (talk) 09:04, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia mirror site
This:http://www.prithvirajfoundation.com/about_prithviraj_chouhan.php, is a mirror of wikipedia and should not be used as a reference. --Kansas Bear (talk) 22:42, 18 June 2014 (UTC)


 * Good call. For historical sujbects such as this there should in any case be no need to cite any website. Folks, please can we just stick with academic sources here? - Sitush (talk) 22:57, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 2 May 2015
The First Battle of Tarain (Taraori) was fought between Sultan Mohammad Ghori and Prithviraj Chauhan in 1191 near the town of Tarain in Haryana. The army of Mohammed Ghori was defeated by the Rajput army of Chauhan.

Details: The Western Punjab was already annexed by Mohammed Ghori. The provinces of Eastern Punjab were within the control of Prithviraj Chauhan. As an initial step, Mohammed Ghori stormed the strategic fortress of Bathinda, which was situated within the dominion of Prithviraj Chauhan.

The fall of the fortress of Bathinda awakened Prithviraj to the gravity of the strong Mohammed’s invasion. He promised revenge and set out with an army against Mohammed. The Rajput army completely dominated the battle. In the first battle of Tarain in 1191 A.D, Prithviraj routed the Gurid army by the prowess of his arms.

Mohammed Ghori was badly injured and fled from the battleground. The victory at Tarain was the last flicker of the extinguishing lamp of Hindu valor. Prithviraj followed up his success by taking possession of the fort of Bathinda from the invaders.

It is also said that Raja of Kannauj Jaichand helped and invited Gori to teach Prithviraj a lesson.

Prithvi rahul (talk) 20:04, 2 May 2015 (UTC)


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Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2015
There is a lot that can be edited about Prithviraj chauhan like his battles with jaichand rathore and this love story with Jaichand Rathores daughter. Even his battles witth ghori are not descripttive like in the 2nd battle of tarain his bannermen were not able to respond on time and how prithviraj tried to buy time please try to add more things in tthis article would be grateful.

Divyrajsingh (talk) 18:28, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

More importantly, you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 18:33, 27 June 2015 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 27 June 2015
Second Battle of Tarain Main article: Second Battle of Tarain On his return to Ghazni, Mu'izz made preparations to avenge the defeat. According to Firishta, the Rajput army consisted of 3,000 elephants, 300,000 cavalry and infantry, most likely a gross exaggeration.[12] Minhaj-i-Siraj, stated Mu'izz brought 120,000 fully armored men to the battle in 1192.[13]

Prithviraj had called his banners but hoped to buy time as his banners (other Rajputs under him or his allies) had not arrived. Before the next day, Mu'izz attacked the Rajput army before dawn. Rajputs had a tradition of fighting from sunrise to sunset. Although they were able to quickly form formations, they suffered losses due to surprise attack before sunrise. Rajput army was eventually defeated and Prithviraj was taken prisoner and subsequently executed.[14]

Divyrajsingh (talk) 19:54, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. Bazj (talk) 14:41, 8 July 2015 (UTC)

General questions analysis regarding the affairs during the medival ages
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.133.243.50 (talk) 07:33, 5 September 2015 (UTC)

Prithviraj chauhan maybe indeed a great fighter but not a king. See how Md. Ghori if got one chance tried to occupied entire north. When prithviraj chauhan got the chance he should have mixed entire pakistan/afganisthan into his kingdom. But he had taken some money or so and let him sent.

It is a general tendency of a king to expand his kingdom by waging many wars but when he got the chance he left it. He should have expanded his kingdom or he should have asked the release of other kings who lost their kingdoms at the hands of afghans inexchange for Md. Ghori / afghan prisoners.

It can be understood clearly that to generate a strong army it needs huge amount of money and lot of training required but within one year Md. Ghori made it after facing huge losses. This only shows what kind of mentality Md. Ghori is? Instead of paying salaries he had given the territories of Prithviraj chauhan and his friendly kingdoms before hand(war) itself. Or he had got the help from some others rulers inexchange for some benefits after war.

Privthviraj chauhan had experience with many indian kings who wage war with their money and property but not have expected such things. Like distribution of others property before the starting of the war itself.

The sentiments of the Indians are so routed because of his marriage with samyogitha who is his sister by relation.

He left Md. Ghori when caught but had killed Alha and Udal when caught why is this partiality?

The war made is mostly religious war. If prithviraj chauhan had accepted Islam he would have been released on the same day itself as I think, otherwise he would be kept in prison and kept such an environment till he be converted to islam. It is seen that many kings had faced this problem. Even the kings of present day pakistan also forcebly converted to islam. We donot know from where they are getting such courage to convert people to islam by force.

It is mentioned that there is muslim rule till 1857 but it is not so. It is Md Ghori to Babur the region is afghans and from Babur to East India company it is persians and from East India to Republic it is Britons. It is also thought that muslims and christans are related to each other by their ancestral origins and much of the medieval history is based on their thoughts and ideas. It is said that persians came to India and developed the kingdom during the reign of akbar but why did they left afghanisthan which is in between persia and India.

Even the persians are forcibly converted to islam by invaders and many of the persians took refugee at gujarat to evade the wrath of intruders at persia and be converted to islam. It is said that even the ancestors of ratan tata came from persia and took refugee here in India. I donot know how much truth it is.

The medivals age wars are made mainly religious and not territorial as far as I know. It can be crusades or any..... to protect their beliefs. Muslims and Hindus are different entities. Trojan war took place around the same time of mahabharat in India. Trojan war at present day turkey and Mahabharat in India near haryana. These muslims / christians are a barrier between turkey(turks) and India(Hindus). In wikipedia enclosures and many places it is clearly mentioned that those people (trojans) escaped are later came to know as romans and britons. Those people who giveup to muslims may go to turkey. This is my views and may or maynot be true. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.6.61.76 (talk) 14:48, 17 August 2015 (UTC)

Status of Delhi after 400 years
During/ Around 1500 AD there are three prominent persons 1. Rana Sanga(to capture territory) 2. Babur ( to have descendants) 3. Sri Krishna deva raya(welfare of countrymen) After the battle between Babur and Rana Sanga. Babur with his army marched towards south to help Deccan Sultans to fight against Sri Krishna Deva Rayalu and destroy southern land Vijayanagaram Empire and make India as a Turkish country.

During that time three leaders sacrificed their lives for different issues the first one is Babur to get a heir and second one is Sri Krishna Devaraya for the sake of his countrymen third one is Rana sanga for the sake of country land.

There are lot similarities between Sri Krishnadevarayalu and Akbar in various aspects. Akbar & Birbal is similar to Sri Krishnadevarayalu and Tenali Rama. Akbar is famous for having discussions among scholars same as Sri Krishnadevarayalu for having discussions among scholars at that time. In many aspects such as war etc ..... If life after life exists and if Akbar and Sri Krishnadevarayalu are one and the same then one day we try to build the statue of Sri Krishnadevarayalu at the entrance of Redfort.

Semi-protected edit request on 25 September 2015
the battle between Prithvi raj Chauhan and ghori was not for just one two infact 17 times ghori army lost to prithvi raj Chauhan.

Snrrtimes (talk) 20:13, 25 September 2015 (UTC)

More importantly, you have not cited reliable sources to back up your request, without which no information should be added to, or changed in, any article. - Arjayay (talk) 20:48, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
 * This is not supported by historical documents. --Kansas Bear (talk) 20:36, 25 September 2015 (UTC)
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SOME ONE DELIBERATELY WANT TO PROVE PRITHVI RAJ CHAUHAN AS A GURJAR KING
Wikipedia will surely loose it's credibility due to it's fake contributors who delibrately wants to ruin History. See for eg. the page of Prithvi Raj Chauhan a Rajput Ruler, to whom wikipedia delibrately wants to prove as a Gurjar.

Please edit and remove gurjar word from this article all the versions of Prithviraj Raso and Prithvi Vijay and other texts clearly mentions him as a 'Rajput'. I am pasting the link of Prithvi Vijay Authors can read that and improve other articles as well.

http://asi.nic.in/asi_books/8401.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.14.175.114 (talk) 07:32, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

I have changed the rubbish Gurjar theory from the article. Those who wants to prove prithviraj chauhan as a Gurjar King must read Prithvi Vijay and should know that H A Rose was not a Historian and moreover he was also confused over Gurjara origin of Agnikula Kshatriyas. His theory is based on the probable origin which can not be referred as an historical fact. He was not able to prove his theory with help of conclusive facts or evidences. Hence his version of history is disregarded in India and should not be used as a reference for any of the Wiki article. He also tried to prove Parmaras, Solankis of Gurjara origin which was also baseless and were not based on circumstantial evidences. Therefore, please remove all the references of H A Rose where they have been given to recognize a caste. Rajput Sirdar (talk) 09:14, 19 November 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 19 December 2015
I think we can mention about the tomb of Prithviraj Chauhan in Afghanistan near to Ghori's tomb [multiple citations including Indian Express journal "Ghazni's best-kept secret", The book "Arms and Armour: Traditional Weapons of India" by E Jaiwant Paul ]. Locals in Afghanistan also believe that Ghori was killed by imprisoned Prithviraj Chauhan.

Raviranjanjha (talk) 23:50, 19 December 2015 (UTC)


 * E Jaiwant Paul, is not an historian and appears to simply be a director of some corporations. Therefore, Paul is not a reliable source. As for "The Indian Express" journal, the lines, "Legend has it....", would clearly indicate this information is not to be taken as historical fact.


 * "Locals in Afghanistan also believe that Ghori was killed by imprisoned Prithviraj Chauhan."
 * So? The Encyclopaedia of Islam, written by an academic and edited by academics, state Ghori was assassinated in 1206, years after the 2nd battle of Tarain. FYI, Wikipedia is written using published sources, not what "someone believes". --Kansas Bear (talk) 05:50, 20 December 2015 (UTC)

Prithviraj Chauhan was not gujjar He was Rajput King
Prithviraj Chauhan was rajput king of chauhan dynasty. ! He was not gujjar please change it.! Some mentle has edited it wrong. Jaipalsinh122 (talk) 13:44, 7 March 2016 (UTC) Prithviraj Chauhan was Gujjari In History He said to be Rajput because he was son of King. Rajput is no caste they were Thakur who clam themselves Rajput's near sharanpur (U.P)there are around 80 village s of Parmar and Chauhan Gujjars I knw many of them because I have family relation with Chauhan Gujjars and also near Ajmar there are many village s who call themselves Chauhan Gujjars and in Delhi to. Prithviraj Chauhan was Gujjar from caste and this is truth Which I came to knw from Chauhan Gujjars who's forefathers fights war alongside with Prithviraj Chauhan.yes he was Rajput but Not Thakur He was Gujjar Rajput as I am so stop this discussion and make a team and go to this village and Ajmar u will find truth there.And also check history books 700 to 1200 era was called Gujjar prathihar vans Era and before that Kanishk the great the Gujjar King greeks call me Baisillo which means RoYAL this is around 50 A.C to next hundr years he and is sons rule here.we Gujjars are backwards because we fight with every threat to our country they were Muslims aur British 1857 revolt go and search who started Meerut revot the war between Gujjars and British which go on for 7 days Go and search plzzz we Gujjars are defender of our country.we are born fighters plzz support us we love our country but plzz we don't want any credit we knw who we are and what we are capable of.Jai Hind Jai Gujjar Desh

Prithviraj and all the Chauhans royals were Gurjars. Please see Prithviraj Raso by Chand Bardai

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This dyanasty was of Kshatriyas and he was an Rajput. If you want proofs: Rajput identity proofs: Rajputra' identiy in sankrit had been discovered before the times of 'Ramayana'.Means 'son of a king'(Not to be confused with other/lower castes).Also the period from 7th century to 12th century is called 'Rajput period'.Many sources before his reign is found and one of the best source is Yuang Chwang's travels. And Yuang Chwang has alsi mentioned that Gurjar Pratiharas and Chauhan were not Gujjars but Kshatriyas/Thakur. But in our village Rajput forefathers said that Rajputs were Kshatriyas and Gujjar forefathers also said this that Rajput were Kshatriyas. You are confused because every Gotra of Rajput is found in lower caste like Jaat Sisodiyas or Tomar Gujjars because when lower caste used to work under Kshatriyas they used to give them their surname because to remember in which clan they served and also many reasons are there for it. Historian Dashratha Sharma also identifies that whichecer clan who would won Gurjardesha used to get 'Gurjar' title and not 'Gujjar'whether it was Mughal.And that's why kings like Solanki,Prathihars and also some Muslim Mughal Subhedar(not be confused with that Gujjars who converted into Islam) also have Gurjar title and their son if loose Gurjardesha they would not have gurjar tittle. Mahendrasingh Balot (talk) 08:46, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

So clearly Prithviraj Chauhan was an clear Kshatriya Rajput. And not be confused with the sources you have given because Gurjar tittle and Gujjar caste is very different. Mahendrasingh Balot (talk) 08:48, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 20 March 2016
Please link to Gahadvala instead of Gaharwal (e.g. spouse). Gahadvala page on Wikipedia is much more detailed and both pages talk about the same clan.

73.222.106.236 (talk) 21:52, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 29 June 2016
It is mentioned here that Prithviraj Chauhan was executed in second battle of Tahrain. But According to PRITHVIRAJ RASO, Prithviraj was not killed by Mohd. Ghori but actually he and Chand Bardai after being caught by Ghori, played a trick and killed Mohd. Ghori.Prithviraj got blinded by Ghori, so Chand Bardai chanted the lines so that Prithviraj could precisely understand the location of Mohd. Ghori- ‘’CHAAR BAANS CHAUBEES GAJ ANGUL ASHT PRAMAAN, TAA UPAR SULTAN HAI MAT CHUKO CHAUHAN’’ hearing which Prithviraj located Mohd. Ghori and killed him using his special archery art of ‘’ Shabd Bhedi Baad Vidya’’. After that Prithviraj and Chand Bardai stabbed each other as written in PRITHVIRAJ RASO.

SahilSood7 (talk) 16:55, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * This had been addressed over and over. According to The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Prithviraj was executed in 1192, wile Ghori was assassinated in 1206. --Kansas Bear (talk) 19:27, 29 June 2016 (UTC)


 * Yeah, as the article on Prithviraj Raso states, it is full of legends that are not historically reliable. utcursch &#124; talk 21:11, 29 June 2016 (UTC)

Birth year of Prithviraja is 1168
Please edit the year Rita Nikumbh (talk) 15:24, 22 March 2017 (UTC)

Govindaraja on the throne of Ajmer
His son Govindaraja is made the king but only after converting him to islam. This is a common tendency in those days. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 27.6.59.255 (talk • contribs)
 * Please provide a reliable source for this assertion. utcursch &#124; talk 18:31, 17 November 2017 (UTC)

Rajput identity
In the book of chandrabardai 'prithvirajraso' it is clearly written that prithviraj Chauhan was a Rajput king, so why in the Wikipedia it's not clearly mentioned..! HinduSamaj (talk) 09:41, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Cast
He is gurjar not Rajput Mukutgocher (talk) 13:37, 30 January 2020 (UTC)

Prithviraj was gurjar
According to book namly prithviraj vijaya it is clear mention that he is belong to gurjar bcoz at that time there is no caste or no empire of rajput ,raj+put means son of raja VikasBidhuri01 (talk) 11:57, 10 May 2020 (UTC)

No Gurjar is a bhains chor (Theif) gurjar are the lower caster SC/St Rishi05607 (talk) 11:49, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Tell me page number of prithvi raj vijaya. Dont talk rubbish. Dont claim others history if you dont have your own Sajaypal007 (talk) 10:21, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Silly comment by an dedsana which as just seen a YouTube video 😂😂. But the reality is Archaeological Survey of India has also identified that Prithviraj Chauhan was an Kshatriya Rajput and word Gurjar is tittle given to whom who won Gurjardesha (Gujarat) and Gujjar caste is very different.Some Gujjars take Rajput surname like Sisodiya,Chauhan etc.because to remember in which clan they served. Example:If someone is Gujjar Sisodiya then he served under Sisodiya Kshatriya Rajput. Mahendrasingh Balot (talk) 08:54, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Prithviraj Chauhan was Rajput king
Prithviraj Chauhan .rajput the....ye Gurjar saale kyu itihas churane me lage huye ho ...rajputo ko apna baap bna lo saalo😡😡 Bunny rajput001 (talk) 11:43, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Hn kyu nahi tum ho itihass chor to ...saala kra kuch ni credit har cheez ka chaiye ,,phle mughlo ki gulami fr angrejo ki itihaas churana chrd do jeevan m kuch krkee dikhao Gurjarektasangh (talk) 12:06, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Prithviraja Chauhan is a Rajput ruler you can check from the historical facts Rishi05607 (talk) 11:47, 18 May 2020 (UTC)

Prthviraj chauhan was a great gurjar emperor
It is clearly mentioned in a book named "Glory that was gurjardesha" by K.M munshi and the book written by janayaka "prthiraj vijay" .That prithviraj chauhan was a gurjar ruler and the titles was given to him of "gurjeshwara". Rajput vanadlised and interpreted and changed the prithviraj raso in late 19 th century! Gurjarektasangh (talk) 12:10, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Tell me one thing which came out earlier, raso or K M munshi's book. Now Give me the page number of the book of K M Mumshi which says he was gurjar king. Gurjareshwara means king of gurjar country which part of modern day gujarat. Dont spread fake history. Sajaypal007 (talk) 10:20, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Prithviraj chauhan real caste
He was an kshatriya warriors but history thief's edited article and writer him as gujjar warrior. Gujjar clan is इतिहास चोर Legend shashwat (talk) 12:18, 17 May 2020 (UTC)

Repetitive acts of vandalism
There is a certain user named Brahmesh Patil. His hate towards Rajputs is evident from his edit history. Certain marathas harbour hate for rajputs and this is one of them. He vandalised the page of prithviraj chauhan and earlier did with rajput page. He is warned that he should not vandalise to satisfy his hatred. Sajaypal007 (talk) 10:45, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Prithviraj chauhan was not a agnivanshi rajput
Prithviraj chauhan was not a agnivanshi rajput or rajput. He was a gurjar king of chahmana dynasty as in 933 mahipala divided its region between the gurjar chauhans,and other fudetories.. Wikipedia must remove the rajput tag and add gurjar in that.. The hatred of rajput group towards gurjar can be seen as they are vandalising the page again and again. Rajput did marriage alliance with mughals and britishers. They don't have any authentic source of prithviraj chauhan.

gurjars have proof of prithviraj chauhan being gurjar in books written by court poet of prithviraj chauhan and many kuch other sources. I reuest wikipedia to correct it urgently as the current information is misleading. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Gurjarektasangh (talk • contribs) 12:17, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Provide source that he belonged to Gujjar caste. Dont cite the sources where he mentioned as Gurjara Naresh or something cause Gurjara pradesh was name of the territory. As this makes matter confusing, you are requested to provide any reputable secondary sources for your claim. These hollow claims will not be accepted. There are thousands sources that mention Prithviraj as Rajput Hero. So please come up with sources. Sajaypal007 (talk) 13:39, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Please show your proofs of being called a rajput warrior Gurjarektasangh (talk) 15:38, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Gurjar naresh is authentic and naresh means king.what do you expect that in ?

It very clearly mentioned in prithviraj vijay and in glory that was gurjardesha. Written by k.m.munshi the historian Gurjarektasangh (talk) 15:46, 19 May 2020 (UTC)

Prithviraj chsuhsn was the rajput ruler

Prithviraj chauhan was the rajput ruler as mentioned under various history books like satish chandra medieval history, IGNOU books etc. So please correct it. Sameersingh0933 (talk) 12:20, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Prithviraj chauhan was the Agnivanshi chauhan rajput king
Prithviraj chauhan was the Rajput ruler according to prithviraj raso and many other historians like satish chandra. So kindly add this precious information Sameersingh0933 (talk) 15:33, 20 May 2020 (UTC)

Wrong information
Some of information is not correct rajput identity does not exit during his time then why are you chnaged.... in ramayana “rajputra” word is not related rajput cast and Ramayana is not a history thats a mythology... the term rajput cast identified in mughal empire Hitesh kishanagrh (talk) 13:30, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Removal of cited source
A user named Balot added a Britannica Encyclopedia source for his edit. Why did the User Utcursch removed that reliable source. Sajaypal007 (talk) 18:09, 26 May 2020 (UTC)
 * , it's explained in the edit summary.  Ravensfire  (talk) 18:15, 26 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Edit summary says that last line of the para says so yet last line of the para is not cited while he provided a citation. Even if someone do provide the citation for last line how why remove cited source which unequivocally says he was a Rajput Sajaypal007 (talk) 18:26, 26 May 2020 (UTC)


 * The lead is a summary of the article content (see WP:CITELEAD). The specific bit about the Rajput identity is sourced in the Characterization section using a better (scholarly, secondary, more nuanced) source. utcursch &#124; talk 10:48, 27 May 2020 (UTC)

PRITHVIRAJ III the Great Rajput king
the great Rajput king ABHINAV1498 (talk) 18:13, 27 May 2020 (UTC)


 * Please take your Gurjar-Rajput caste wars elsewhere. The article lead, which is a summary of content sourced in the article body, already mentions the Rajput bit with more nuance. The statement is sourced (with the book you cited above) in the Prithviraj Chauhan section. utcursch &#124; talk 18:37, 27 May 2020 (UTC)