In the previous episode, we had discussed the death of King Prithviraj Chauhan in Ghazni on the basis of the description given in Prithviraja Raso, but many modern medieval and modern historians do not consider this description of Prithviraj Raso to be correct.
The Hammir epic mentions Prithviraj being imprisoned and eventually killed. It is written that Prithviraj's use in the battlefield is against the law-destruction. The author of Prithviraj Prabandha writes that the victorious enemy Prithviraj was brought to Ajmer and kept as a prisoner in a palace. In front of this palace, Muhammad Ghori used to hold his court, seeing which Prithviraj used to feel very sad.
One day King Prithviraj asked minister Pratap Singh to bring bow and arrow so that he could put an end to his enemy. Minister Pratap Singh brought bow and arrows to King Prithviraj and gave his information to Muhammad Ghori.
To test King Prithviraj, the idol of Gauri was kept at a place, which Prithviraj broke with his arrow. In the end, Gauri threw Prithviraj into the pit where he was killed with stone injuries.
Two contemporary writers of Prithviraj Chauhan, Yufi and Hasan, mention the imprisoned Nizami king Prithviraj, but Nizami also writes that when the prisoner Prithviraj, who was an enemy of Islam, was found conspiring against the Sultan, he was murdered. Went. Hasan Nizami does not mention the place of death of Prithviraj.
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Minhaj mentions that Siraj Prithviraj was caught on the run and then killed. The angel also endorses this statement. Elliot has also accepted the opinion written by Minhas that Siraj and Firishta. Abul Fazl has written in Ain-i-Akbari that Prithviraj was taken by Sultan to Ghazni where Prithviraj died.
Of all the above authors, only Yufi and Nizami are contemporary, the rest of the authors are later but Yufi and Nizami do not give much information about the end of Prithviraj. Nizami writes that Prithviraj was imprisoned and executed after being found guilty of participating in a conspiracy. This description matches with the description of Prithviraj Prabandha.
After reading all the details it can be inferred that Prithviraj was captured from the battle field and brought to Ajmer and after being held captive for a few days he was murdered in Ajmer itself. This conjecture is also confirmed by those coins of Prithviraj Chauhan, which were reissued by Muhammad Ghori by writing a Khutba in his name on one side. One such coin has been found from Ajmer.
With the death of Chauhan Prithviraj (III) in AD 1192, the history of India enters the medieval period. Delhi, Ajmer and Lahore were the major political centers in India at this time and all three had gone under Muhammad Ghori and his governors.
Chauhan ruler Prithviraj (III) who ascended to India defeated Muhammad Ghori many times in small and big wars. Prithviraj was brave but also short-sighted. He left the enemy in hand alive several times. He could not understand the power and severity of Islamic invasions.
He made his indigenous brothers Mahoba Naresh Parmardi Chandel, Kannauj King Jaychand Gahadwal, Anhilwara Naresh Bhola Bhima, Jammu King Vijayraj or Chakradev etc. as his enemies. His general Skanda, minister Pratap Singh and Someshvar were also not devoted to him. Due to all these reasons, Prithviraj Chauhan was defeated and killed at the hands of Muhammad Ghori in AD 1192.
The life of Prithviraj Chauhan is a unique story of bravery and valor. He was brave, scholarly, patron of scholars and the one who sacrificed his life in love. His bright fame is shining like a pole constellation in the sky of Indian history. Today, even after eight and a half hundred years, he is the emperor of the hearts of many Hindus.
He is also called the last Hindu emperor of India. After that such a mighty Hindu king did not happen on this earth. A very large group of scholars lived in his court. He knew six languages and exercised daily. He was the master of generous and great personality.
Swami Samar Singh of Chittor was a true friend, well-wisher and well-wisher of King Prithviraj Chauhan. Prithviraj's kingdom extended from the Sutlej river to the Betwa and from the lower parts of the Himalayas to Abu. As long as the bravery remains alive in the world, the name of Prithviraj Chauhan will also live.
It is written in Jinpalodaya, Khatragachchh Gauravali that religious and literary discussions were held in the assembly of King Prithviraj. During his reign, there was a debate in Ajmer between Jain Acharya Jinpati Suri of Khatragachchh and Acharya Padmaprabha of Upkeshgachch.
In AD 1190, the Kashmiri Pandit Jayanak, the court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan, composed the well-known book 'Prithvirajvijaya epicam'. According to Dr. Dashrath Sharma, Prithviraj Chauhan was a worthy and mysterious ruler on the basis of his virtues.
Watch in the next episode- The defeat of Prithviraj Chauhan created a furore in North India!
-Doctor. Mohanlal Gupta