Later Chauhan was taken to Ghor, where he was blinded for not accepting the supremacy of Mohammad Ghori. Every time Prithviraj generously pardoned his life and allowed him to return back to Ghor.īased on myths, in seventh battle, Mohammad Ghori attacked Prithviraj Chauhan unfairly at night, defeated his armies and captured him.
These stories mention that Prithviraj Chauhan actually defeated Mohammad Ghori more than twice but rather six times. The greatest myth lies in the stories written by Prithviraj’s court poet Chand Bardai and several other writers after him. This was pretty standard procedure for that time to execute defeated ruler. Prithviraj Chauhan attempted to escape but was captured and eventually executed. Ghori attacked in the early morning hours and defeated Prithviraj Chauhan’s armies. The next year, in 1192, Ghori reassembled a larger army and returned to challenge Prithviraj Chauhan at the Second Battle of Tarain. Prithviraj marched to Bhatinda and defeated Ghori at Tarain and retook the fortress of Bhatinda. In 1191, Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori, the Sultan of Ghor, captured the fortress of Bhatinda in East Punjab which was located on the frontier of Prithiviraj Chauhan’s kingdom. He was the last independent Hindu king to rule the kingdom of Delhi, before Hemu. Prithviraj Chauhan was a brave and courageous king of the Chauhan dynasty, who ruled the kingdoms of Ajaymeru (Ajmer) and Delhi during the latter half of the 12th century. Indian history has also been distorted by eminent historians for their vested interests. History, as they say, is written by the victors and not by the losers.