Chauhan (Chahamana) and Gahadavala dynasties ~ Indian History Articles

Chauhan (Chahamana) and Gahadavala dynasties

These were the masters of Rajasthan ruled with 'Ajmer' as capital.

He is the last king and great king of this dynasty ruled from 1179 - 1192.
A scholar in his court 'Chand Bardai' - He wrote a book called 'Prithivirajaraso' (it is considered as Early Hindi literature and earliest available text of Hindi language).
Two battles were fought between 'Prithviraj Chauhan III' and 'Mohammed Ghori'. Both battles were fought at Taneshwar, so these battles are called Battle of Taneshwar or Battle ofTarain. In the first battle around 1191 Ghori was humiliated and defeated. Later in second battle around 1192 'Prithviraj Chauhan III' was killed and Ajmer was conquered. Thereafter, Ghori left annexing the empire and installing one of his governors 'Qutub-ud-din-Aibak' as in charge of Ajmer.

These were the rulers of parts of North-India with Kanauj as their capital.
'Chandradova' founded the Gahadavala dynasty at Kanyakubja after defeating a chief named 'Gopala'.
After Gurjara Pratihara decline these came to power.

The last king of this dynasty was 'Jayachandra'. He refused to aide Prithviraj Chauhan III when Ghori invaded. This is an irrevocable mistake he committed.
A Sanskrit scholar named 'Sri Harsha' was in his court. He wrote Naishada Charita (Kavi Srinatha translated this into Telugu and named it as 'Sringhara Naishadam').
In 1194 - A battle was fought at Chandvar,UP between him and Ghori. Md Ghori invaded and defeated Jayachandra. Ghori killed Jayachandra and annexed the kingdom and ended the Gahadavala dynasty.