Early Medieval Period General Knowledge:
Tripartite Struggle
- Tripartite conflict was fought among the Gurjara-Pratiharas, Rashtrkutas and Palas for the control over Kannauj.
The Rajputs
- The period between 647 A.D. and 1192 A.D., i.e. 500 years is known as the Rajput period in the history of India.
- The most powerful Rajputs: Gahadavalas (Kanauj), the Paramaras(Malwa), and the Chauhans (Ajmer).
- Prithviraj Chauhan’s (1178-92 AD) empire included Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.
- His court’s poet Chand Bardai wrote Prithviraj Chauhan’s biography “Prithvirai Raso”.
- He defeated Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori in the first battle ofT’arrain in 1191.
- In the Second battle of Tarrain (1192) Muhammad Ghori won and killed Prithviraj Chauhan.
- Jayachandra was the king of Kannauj. Muhammad Ghori defeated and killed Jayachandra in the Battle of Chadawar in 1194.
- Rana Kumbha was the ruler of Mewar, a state in western India.
- Dilwara temples at Mount Abu, the Vimala Vasahi and the Luna Vasahi were built by Solankis of Gujarat.