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Key facts
- Reign
- c. 1177 – February 1192
- Predecessor
- Someshvara
- Successor
- Govindaraja IV
- Born
- 28 May 1166, Gujarat
- Died
- February 1192 (1192-02-00) (aged 25), Ajmer
- Spouse
- Sanyogita
- Dynasty
- Chahamanas of Shakambhari
- Father
- Someshvara
- Mother
- Karpuradevi ( Kalachuri Princess )
- Religion
- Hinduism
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Ajmer
- Place of death
- Ghazni
- Spouse
- Samyukta
- Father
- Someshvara
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- emperor
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Image
- Prithvi Raj Chauhan (Edited).jpg
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- date of death
- 1192-01-01
- date of birth
- 1149-00-00
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- Prithviraj Chauhan
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Encyclopedic overview
Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; 28 May 1166 – February 1192), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan in north-western India. Ascending the throne as a minor in 1177 CE, Prithviraj inherited a kingdom which stretched from Thanesar in the north to Jahazpur (Mewar) in the south, which he aimed to expand by military actions against neighbouring kingdoms, most notably defeating the Chandelas.
Prithviraj led a coalition of several Rajput kings and defeated the Ghurid army led by Muhammad of Ghor near Taraori in 1191 However, in 1192, Muhammad returned with an army of Turkish mounted archers and defeated the Rajput army on the same battlefield. Prithviraj was captured and summarily executed, although his minor son Govindaraja was reinstated by Muhammad as his puppet ruler in Ajmer. His defeat at Tarain is seen as a landmark event in the Islamic conquest of India, and has been described in several semi-legendary accounts, most notably the Prithviraj Raso.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Prithviraj Chauhan” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.