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Prithviraj Chauhan
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For other uses, see Prithviraj Chauhan (disambiguation).
Prithviraja III (IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; 22 May – December ), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan in north-western India.
Ascending the throne as a minor in CE, Prithviraj inherited a kingdom which stretched from Thanesar in the north to Jahazpur (Mewar) in the south, which he aimed to expand by military actions against neighbouring kingdoms, most notably defeating the Chandelas.
Prithviraj led a coalition of several Rajput kings and defeated the Ghurid army led by Muhammad of Ghor near Taraori in However, in , Muhammad returned with an army of Turkish mounted archers and defeated the Rajput army on the same battlefield.
Prithviraj was captured and summarliy executed, although his minor son Govindaraja was reinstated by Mu
