In the previous episode we had discussed that in AD 1192, when Muhammad Shahabuddin Ghori came to attack Prithviraj, some Indian powers also joined him. Hammir epic, Prithviraj Raso, Tabakat-e-Nasiri and Rajasthan Thru the Ages, it is written in texts that when Muhammad Ghori reached Lahore in AD 1192, he sent a messenger to Ajmer and asked Prithviraj to accept Islam and submit to Muhammad Ghori. Take it.
On this, King Prithviraj Chauhan sent a reply to Muhammad Ghori that he should return to Ghazni, otherwise he would be met at the battle site. Muhammad Ghori wanted to conquer Prithviraj by deceit. That's why he sent his messenger again to Ajmer, saying that he considers the treaty better than war, so he has sent a messenger in this regard to his brother in Ghazni. As soon as he receives orders from Ghazni, he will return home and be satisfied with Punjab, Multan and Sirhind.
This treaty negotiations put Prithviraj in a deluge. He moved towards Tarain with a small army, the rest of the army which was with the commander Skanda, could not go with him. His second army chief Udayraj also could not leave Ajmer on time.
Prithviraj's minister Someshwar, who was not in favor of this war and was once punished by Prithviraj, left Ajmer and joined the enemy. When Prithviraj's army reached the plain of Tarain, he was engrossed in the illusion of treaty negotiations and kept celebrating throughout the night.
On the contrary, Muhammad Ghori kept the fire burning in his camp throughout the night to keep the enemies confused and sent his soldiers to surround the enemy group. As soon as it was morning, the Rajput soldiers were scattered for toilet. At the same time the Turks attacked Ajmer's army. This caused a stampede all around.
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King Prithviraj came to fight on an elephant, but not finding his soldiers around him, sitting on his horse and fighting with the enemy party, fled from the field. According to some texts, King Prithviraj was captured and killed by the soldiers of Muhammad Ghori around Sirsa in present-day Haryana.
Firishta has written- 'The king of Delhi Govind Rai Tomar and many feudal lords came in handy fighting like warriors.
The immortal winner of the first battle of Tarain, Raja Tomar Govindraj of Delhi and Raja Samar Singh of Chittor were also killed in the second battle of Tarain. The Turks chased the fleeing Hindu army and scattered them. There are different details about how King Prithviraj ended.
The end of Prithviraj in Prithviraj Raso is shown in Ghajini. According to this account King Prithviraj was captured and taken to Ghazni where his eyes were blown out. Prithviraj's child friend and court poet Chand Bardai was also with him who composed Prithviraj Raso. Chand Badrai, knowing the death of King Prithviraj was certain, planned the destruction of the enemy.
Poet Chand Bardai urged Muhammad Ghori that King Prithviraj could pierce the target by aiming words even when his eyes were split. Muhammad Ghori expressed his desire to witness this enthralling scene and he organized a huge event. Gauri, sitting on a high platform, signaled to the blind king Prithviraj to hit the target. The poet Chand Bardai read this couplet as soon as Gauri's attendant uttered the word on the target.
Four bamboo twenty four yards, Angul Ashta proof,
Ta upar sultan hai don't miss Chauhan.
After assessing the condition of Muhammad Ghori, Prithviraj released an arrow which hit Muhammad Ghori's throat and at that very moment his life was blown away. Knowing the destruction of the enemy and to avoid a humiliating death by falling into the hands of his soldiers, the poet Chand Bardai barked his dagger in the stomach of King Prithviraj and the very next moment he barked that dagger in his stomach. In this way both the exclusive friends went to Veer Lok. At that time Prithviraj's age was only 26 years.
It is believed that when Chand Bardai died there, the remaining part of Prithviraj Raso was completed by his son. Modern historians have not accepted the description of the poet Prithviraj Rasau as true because apart from this book, this description is not confirmed by any other contemporary source.
Sher Singh Rana, who was lodged in Tihar Jail for the murder of MP Phoolan Devi, claimed to have escaped from Tihar Jail in 2004 and went to Afghanistan and brought Prithviraj Chauhan's ashes there to India. Sher Singh built a temple at Tilkhua near Ghaziabad and kept these ashes in it. Sher Singh has also mentioned this incident in his book Jail-Diary.
According to Sher Singh, the tomb of Prithviraj Chauhan has been built near the tomb of Muhammad Ghori in Afghanistan. It is mandatory for those who come to see the tomb that they should first hit the tomb of Prithviraj Chauhan, then visit the tomb. The Government of India has not confirmed any claim made regarding these ashes. However, carbon dating of the bones can reveal their age.
Watch in the next episode- Muhammad Ghori blinded King Prithviraj and put him in the pit and took his life with stones!
-Doctor. Mohanlal Gupta