⚔ Battle · ★ Major
Second Battle of Tarain
1192 – present · 📍 Tarain
Muhammad of Ghor defeats Prithviraj; Turkish rule in north India begins.
What it led to: Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated and killed, opening north India to the Ghurids.
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1191First Battle of Tarain
→ Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Muhammad of Ghor, who retreated wounded.
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
- 1191 ⚔ First Battle of Tarain · Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari
- 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 5
- Chahamanas (Chauhans) of Shakambhari 650 CE – 1194Existed at the same time (19 years)
- Chola Empire 848 CE – 1279Existed at the same time (31 years)
- Ghaznavid Empire 977 CE – 1186Existed at the same time (11 years)
- Polonnaruwa Kingdom 1070 – 1232Existed at the same time (31 years)
- Sultanate of the Maldives 1153 – 1968Existed at the same time (31 years)
👑 Rulers 2
- Ghiyath al-Din Muhammad 1163 – 1203Ruled it
- Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad (Muhammad of Ghor) 1173 – 1206Ruled it
⚔ Events 6
- Second Battle of Tarain 1192Happened in it
- Muhammad of Ghor takes Multan 1175Happened in it
- Ghurids take Lahore, ending the Ghaznavids 1186Happened in it
- Minaret of Jam built c. 1190Happened in it
- Battle of Chandawar 1194Happened in it
- Bakhtiyar Khalji takes Nadia c. 1204Happened in it
📍 Places & sites 1
- Minaret of Jam c. 1190A place of this polity
📄 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