⚔ Conquest / annexation · ★ Major
Nagabhata II captures Kannauj
c. 816 CE – present · 📍 Kannauj
Kannauj becomes the Pratihara capital; climax of the tripartite struggle.
What it led to: Kannauj became the Pratihara capital.
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♻ Fought over again and again
Other battles within 40 km of this place.
c. 916 CEIndra III sacks Kannauj
→ The Pratiharas were temporarily driven out of Kannauj.
1540Battle of Kannauj
→ Humayun fled into exile and Sher Shah founded the Sur Empire.
Alive at the time
Adi Shankaracharya
c. 788 CE – c. 820 CE
Exponent of Advaita Vedanta who founded four mathas
Andalactive c. 800 CE
The only woman among the twelve Alvars; composed the Tiruppavai
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🗂 Era 1
- Medieval IndiaPart of this era
⏳ Periods 1
- Tripartite StruggleBelongs to this period
🏛 Kingdoms & empires 2
- Pallava Dynasty 275 CE – 897 CEExisted at the same time (167 years)
- Rashtrakuta Empire 753 CE – 982 CEExisted at the same time (229 years)
👑 Rulers 5
- Nagabhata I 730 CE – 760 CERuled it
- Vatsaraja 780 CE – 800 CERuled it
- Nagabhata II 805 CE – 833 CERuled it
- Mihira Bhoja 836 CE – 885 CERuled it
- Mahendrapala I 885 CE – 910 CERuled it
👤 People 1
- Rajashekhara active c. 900 CELived under it
⚔ Events 2
- Nagabhata II captures Kannauj c. 816 CEHappened in it
- Arab advance checked in Rajasthan c. 738 CEHappened in it
📄 Research 2
- How feudal was Indian feudalism? R. S. Sharma · 1985Research 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