⚔ Battle
Battle of Kasahrada: Ghurids defeated
1178 – present · 📍 Mount Abu
What it led to: Muhammad of Ghor was repulsed from Gujarat.
Where it happened.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1175 ⚔ Muhammad of Ghor takes Multan · Ghurid Empire
- 1186 ⚔ Ghurids take Lahore, ending the Ghaznavids · Ghurid Empire
Alive at the time
Bhaskaracharya (Bhaskara II)
c. 1114 – c. 1185
Mathematician who wrote the Lilavati
Basavannac. 1134 – c. 1196
Lingayat reformer who founded the Anubhava Mantapa
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishtic. 1141 – c. 1236
Sufi saint who established the Chishti order in India at Ajmer
Kalhanaactive c. 1148
Author of the Rajatarangini, the chronicle of Kashmir
Kambanactive c. 1180
Author of the Tamil Ramavataram (Kamba Ramayanam)
Jayadevaactive c. 1180
Author of the Gita Govinda
Chand Bardaiactive c. 1190
Court poet credited with the Prithviraj Raso
Chinggis Khanc. 1162 – c. 1227
Mongol conqueror who reached the Indus in 1221
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Regional Kingdoms & Ghaznavid/Ghurid ExpansionBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 1
- Rashtrakuta Empire 753 CE – 982 CEExisted at the same time (42 years)
👑 Rulers 4
- Mularaja I 940 CE – 995 CERuled it
- Bhima I 1022 – 1064Ruled it
- Jayasimha Siddharaja 1092 – 1142Ruled it
- Kumarapala 1143 – 1172Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Hemachandra c. 1088 – c. 1173Lived under it
⚔ Events 1
- Battle of Kasahrada: Ghurids defeated 1178Happened in it
🔧 Technology 1
- Stepwells: Rani-ki-Vav 11th centuryMade or discovered in this time
📄 Research 3
- How feudal was Indian feudalism? R. S. Sharma · 1985Research on this topic
- Was there feudalism in Indian history? Harbans Mukhia · 1981Research on this topic
- Political Processes and Structure of Polity in Early Medieval India: Problems o… B. D. Chattopadhyaya · 1985Research on this topic
📚 Books 2
- Our Pasts I, II & III (Classes 6–8) NCERTRecommended reading
- Themes in Indian History, Parts I–III (Class 12) NCERTRecommended reading