⚔ Battle
First Battle of Tarain
1191 – present · 📍 Tarain
Prithviraj Chauhan defeats Muhammad of Ghor.
What it led to: Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad of Ghor, who retreated wounded.
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1192Second Battle of Tarain
→ Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated and killed, opening north India to the Ghurids.
1739Nadir Shah sacks Delhi
→ Delhi was plundered and the Peacock Throne and Koh-i-Noor taken to Persia.
Meanwhile (within 10 years)
- 1186 ⚔ Ghurids take Lahore, ending the Ghaznavids · Ghurid Empire
- c. 1190 Minaret of Jam built · Ghurid Empire
- 1192 ⚔ Second Battle of Tarain · Ghurid Empire
- 1194 ⚔ Battle of Chandawar · Ghurid Empire
- c. 1200 Destruction of Nalanda
Alive at the time
Basavanna
c. 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
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 3
- Pallava Dynasty 275 CE – 897 CEExisted at the same time (247 years)
- Chalukyas of Badami 543 CE – 753 CEExisted at the same time (103 years)
- Rashtrakuta Empire 753 CE – 982 CEExisted at the same time (229 years)
👑 Rulers 2
- Vigraharaja IV 1150 – 1164Ruled it
- Prithviraj III (Prithviraj Chauhan) 1177 – 1192Ruled it
👤 People 1
- Chand Bardai active c. 1190Lived under it
⚔ Events 1
- First Battle of Tarain 1191Happened 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