Chauhan dynasty

Chauhan dynasty

by the end, you can tell:-

✨Where does the chauhan dynasty belongs to?
✨rulers of the chauhan dynasty?
✨decline of the chauhan dynasty
✨Who was Prithviraj chauhan

1. Where does the chauhan dynasty belongs to?

The Chahamanas of Shakambhari, colloquially known as the Chauhans of Sambhar or Chauhans of Ajmer, were an Indian dynasty that ruled parts of present-day Rajasthan and neighbouring areas in India, between the 6th and 12th centuries. The territory ruled by them was known as Sapadalaksha. They were the most prominent ruling family of the Chahamana (Chauhan) Rajput clan. The Chahamanas originally had their capital at Shakabhari (Present-day Sambhar Lake-town). Until the 10th century, they ruled as Pratihara vassals. When the Pratihara power declined after the war of rashtrkuta, Gurjara Pratiharas and palas the Chahamana ruler Simharaja assumed the title Maharajadhiraja. In the early 12th century, Ajayraja moved the kingdom's capital to Ajayameru (modern Ajmer). For this reason, the Chahamana rulers are also known as the "Chauhans of Ajmer".

2. rulers of the chauhan dynasty?

Ajaya RajaHe was the first ruler of Chauhans.
He defeated the Paramaras and captured their capital Ujjaini.
He was the founder of the beautiful city, of Ajmer.


Arno RajaAjaya raja’s son, Arno raja, took the throne in 1133 AD.
Earlier he had a conflict with the Chalukyas but in the end, he acknowledges the greatness of Chalukya Jayasimha and married his daughter. But the relations with the Chalukyas were not smooth.
Chalukya Kumarapala twice defeated Arno Raja.


Vigraha RajaThe most important and powerful ruler of Chauhan was Vigraha raja IV. He conquered the nearby regions and increased the boundaries of the empire.
He ruled between 1153 AD and 1163 AD. He started his victorious career by conquering small states of Southern Rajputana from the Chalukyas and the Paramaras. His victories in the Northern region brought fame to him.
He triumphed over the Tomaras and took possession of Eastern Punjab and Delhi. He won over the Muslim ruler of Punjab. He extended his kingdom from the North (Shivalik Hills) to the South (Udaipur).


After Vigraha Raja, two rulers Prithviraj II and Somesvara ruled the Chauhan dynasty. They had thoughtless reigns. Someshvara was followed by his son Prithviraj III

Prithviraj Chauhan IIIPrithviraj Chauhan is one of the most remembered Hindu Kings of Ajmer.
He was an ambitious ruler but had a rivalry with the Chalukyas of Gujarat. However, in the war between the King of Gujarat and Mohammed Ghori, Prithviraj acted neutral. He wanted to escape from the historic fight but it proved to be a wrong decision and the Kingdom of Gujarat was in the cruel hands of Muhammed Ghori, which gave birth to the Muslim era in India.
Prithviraj realized his mistake and expounded his empire by winning over some of the areas of Chalukyan king.
In the end, he could not avoid the fight against Muhammad Ghori and had to face two battles known as Battles of Train in 1191 and 1192. Prithviraj Chauhan lost the second battle and later on, he was assassinated by Muhammad Ghori in Ajmer.
He was a great Hindu ruler of Ajmer who died a hero’s death.
3. Decline of the chauhan dynasty?
Rajputs are regarded as the brave and courageous fighters in the history of India. The Rajputs are known for their pride, at that time they were strong enough to think of themselves as self-sufficient rulers. Rajputs were too arrogant to take anyone’s help and they never helped anyone. The Chauhan Dynasty of Shakambri (modern Sambhar-Rajasthan) had many strong successors but still, it lost its existence, as it took the wrong decision of refusing help from others at the time of the Battle of Tarain. The Chauhans lost their treasury, time and soldiers in the battle and its successors after the battle was short of resources which gradually led The dynasty to its decline. One of the main rulers was Prithviraj Chauhan; his court poet was Chanbardai who composed ‘Prithviraj Raso’. We should always look up to history to learn, Chauhans are a great example to take lessons from their mistakes and powers

4. Who was Prithviraj chauhan?

Prithviraj chauhan was the Last Hindu Ruler of Delhi and of the Chauhan Dynasty. for Delhi many foreign invaders came but the first successful one was Mahummad of Ghori and it's said that earlier he lost 16 times in the battle of Tarrain the first in 1191 and in end, he won in the battle of Tarrain the second in 1192 now let's see how:-
He got Delhi from his Father-in-law Anangpal Tomar without his wish because they were sworn, enemies but still he didn't harm him because he loved his daughter it was the thing which Anangpal didn't like and so, he didn't Invite Prithviraj When he was choosing the groom instead he made a statue of Prithviraj Chauhan as a Guard to humiliate him but his daughter had sent an invitation to Prithviraj secretly and on, reading it Prithviraj Prithviraj furiously came riding on a Horse to the palace after Anangpal's daughter had given wedding flowers to his statue. after this, anangpal wanted to revenge so helped Muhammad of Ghori in the end ghori won but he then thought that Anangpal would deceive him too and Anagpal was executed; Prithviraj court's poet and friend Chandrabardai who wrote a poem of Prithviraj called Prithviraj Raso went to help him by convincing Ghori reminding how he was forgiven but was caught so, to maintain their pride they held a contest of archery blindfolded in which actually Prithviraj shot Ghori with help of a short poem “ चार बांस चौबीस गज अंगुल प्रमाण ता ऊपर सुल्तान है पीर ना चुके चौहान ” then they suicided because it was better than being killed by an enemy.