Major conflict1192

Second Battle of Tarain

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Tarain (Taraori) · near Thanesar · Haryana

Estimated casualties

Casualty figures unrecorded for this conflict.

In 1192, the Ghurid forces of Muhammad of Ghor decisively defeated the Rajput confederacy of Prithviraj Chauhan at Tarain (Taraori). The victory broke Rajput power in the region and laid the foundation for Muslim rule in northern India and the later Delhi Sultanate.

Belligerents2

Ghurid Sultanate
Rajput Confederacy (Chahamanas)

Sources

Wikipedia: Second Battle of Tarain
RajRAS: Battles of Tarain
Wikipedia — text reused under CC BY-SA 4.0

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