Raja Jaichand Rathore of Kannauj, who at that time was supreme monarch of all Hindustan and the chief rival of Prithviraj , announced the celebration of Rajasuya, or the great sacrifice, and the Swayamvara of his beautiful daughter.
All the Rajas had repaired to the court of Jaichand, except Pithaura, who was making preparations for the journey. But at that instant, a courtier remarked that the empire of right belonged to the Chauhan dynasty, and consequently Jaichand was not qualified to preside at such a sacrifice. These words kindled the flames of ambition in the heart of Pithaura, and he put off his journey.
Prithviraj was a courageous, chivalrous and an extremely fearless human. After ceaseless military campaigns, Pritiviraj extended his original kingdom of Sambhar Shakambara to Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Eastern Punjab.
He ruled from his twin capitals at Delhi and Ajmer. His fast rise caught the envy of the then powerful ruler Jaichandra Gahadwala and there was a lot of ill-feeling between the two. Jaichandra was envious on the quick popularity of Prithviraj Chauhan.
News of bravery spread among Gahadwala clan, and Sanyogita, the daughter of Jaichandra Gahadwala fell secretly in love with Prithiviraj and she started a secret poetic correspondence with him. Her father the haughty Jaichandra got information of this affair and he decided to teach his daughter and her upstart lover a lesson. So he arranged a Swayamwar , a ceremony where a Hindu bride had right to choose Groom of her choice and she could select her husband from the assembled eligible princes of various states.
She had the right to garland the prince to become his queen. This was an ancient Hindu custom among Royal dynasties. However, Jaichandra abused this freedom of her daughter, he invited all the big and small princes of the country to Kannauj for the royal Swayamwar. But he deliberately ignored the famous Prithiviraj. To add insult to injury, he even made a statue of Prithviraj and kept him as a dwarpal doorman at the gate.
On the Swayamwar day, Sanyogita walked down the aisle where the royals had assembled and bypassed all of them only to reach the door and garland the statue of Pritiviraj as a doorman. The assemblage was stunned at this brash act of hers. They felt insulted as princes were missed and lifeless statue was respected. But what shocked them and her father Jaichandra further was the next thing that happened. Prithviraj who was hiding behind the statue, also in the garb of a doorman, whisked Sanyogita away and put her up on his steed to make a fast getaway to his capital at Delhi.
Jaichandra and his army gave earnest chase and in the resultant string of battles between the two kingdoms fought between and , both of them sufferred heavily. While the conflict escalated, an ugly invader, Mahmud, who was from Ghor in Afghanistan had grown powerful after capture of Ghazni, subsequently attacked the Ghaznavid Governor of Punjab and defeated him.
A major clash was inevitable. Almost all terrorist mughals and invaders had Muhammad in their name as if to glorify the terrorist who founded their satanic cult. Hindus always fought following Vedic code of battle — fighting on days, between Sunrise and Sunset. But coward muslims always attacked at night when Hindu kings and soldiers were treating their wounded sainiks. Sudden night attack by cruel Mahmud surprised Prithviraj and his army so his minister appealed for help from Jaichandra but it was scornfully rejected by the envious father-in-law.
However undaunted Prithviraj marched on to Bhatinda and met his enemy at a place called Tarain also called Taraori near the ancient town of Thanesar. He knelt down on his feet and praised him comparing his mightyness to Allah.
Suggesting that he deserves mercy as per Vedic laws of Bharat. But the chivalrous and valiant Prithviraj thought otherwise and respectfully released the vanquished Ghori. Vedic Hindu Dharma always taught to treat deserving enemies with gruesome death. Bheem killed Dusashan and drank blood from his chest while he was still alive to fulfill promise he gave to Devi Draupadi.
Sanatan Dharma texts clearly state that mercy is bestowed upon those who respect and reflect Vedic humanistic values. Danavs and muslim terrorists like Muhammad Ghori deserve to be killed. Prithviraj Chauhan committed huge mistake which few centuries back Nagabhata was about to make but Takshak stopped him.
Prithviraj Chauhan pardoned Mahmud Ghori when he kept his hand on Quran and asked for forgiveness, bowing down to Hindu King. Little did the Hindu warrior knew that following same terror manual Quran he was performing Taqiyya to later deceive him. True to being a muslim, Mahmud returned the merciful gesture of Prithviraj with his sacrilegious attack at night in CE. As happened million times before, a believer of terror manual Quran backstabbed a gullible Hindu again.
So Chand Bardai who remains a mysterious shadowy figure had three main motifs in his Raso : The battle for Samyogita, when Prithviraj Chauhan lost many loyal warriors fighting Jaychand of Kannauj. The killing of his minister Kaymas, who was known to be quite a voyeur and womanizer and had secretly coveted the princess. And the battle with the Ghurid ruler, followed by the blinding and imprisonment of Prithviraj Chauhan. By this time the Raso text was also well known.
The Mewar text, for its part, highlighted the role of one of its own rulers, Samar Singh, who was related to Chauhan by marriage, and fought valiantly against the Muslims. Colonel Tod championed the Mewar version of the Raso in the early 19th century.
Pingal, as Talbot writes, was related to Brajbasha and Avadhi, and one of the earliest languages used by bards of the region.
From the midth century onwards, as more versions of the Prithviraj Chauhan story emerged, so did the controversies. With history developing into a systematic, evidence-based subject, the Raso came to be regarded as an inauthentic historical text. At the same time, while the Raso was no longer seen as a historical text, it assumed literary importance as the Hindi-Hindustani movement emerged in the late 19th century.
Seen in this context, the story of Prithviraj Chauhan,as a brave warrior fighting Mohammad Ghuri comes to the fore as a popular literary text, first in Bangla adventure-and-romance novels and soon in texts made popular by the many local presses in north India from the early 20th century onward. The other subplots in the story — apart from his kidnapping of Samyogita — do not figure any more.
The statue of Prithviraj Chauhan in the Birla Temple must be seen in this context. It depicts the ruler with images associated with Delhi such as the Qutb Minar and the Iron Pillar — symbols signifying rule over Delhi but also putting forward the controversial claim that these were once Hindu sites.
And so that past can be manipulated in very many ways and, thus, must always remain open to question. Share your perspective on this article with a post on ScrollStack, and send it to your followers. Contribute Now. The legend of the king In his book on the ruler, Prithviraj Raso, his putative bard Chand Bardai wrote that the king was imprisoned and taken to Ghazni, accompanied by the bard-narrator himself.
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