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at Thāņeśvara He narrowly escaped being killed and he ran away to Afghanistāna. By bis defeat at Thănéśvara Sahabuddin Ghori was greatly displeased and he severely took all his military officers to task for their negligence He was determined either to conquer India by defeating Prithvi-rāja or to die prematurely On a request from King Jayacanda of Kanoja to attack Delhi, Sahabuddin Ghori collected a large army of Afghāna and Turkish warriors and marched on Delhi The two armies met on the battle-field of Pāiņpat. At the end of severe fighting Prithvi raja was taken prisoner and put to death Śå hăbuddin plundered Ajmer and burnt away a large portion of the town. Next year Kutubudin a general of Sahābuddin conquered Delhi. Next year Sahābuddin waged war against Jayacanda In the fight Jayacanda was killed. The fortress of Kanoj and very beatiful and precious temples were completely destroyed. It is said that one of his officers named Bakhtyára reduced to ashes all the monasteries of ascetics in Bihar and killed numerous sādhus He burnt away their libraries and massacred thousands of innocent Hindus In 1194 A D. Sâhâbuddin Chori left Kutubudin as the Suba of Delhi and he himself went to Afghanistana On his way home, he was killed by some Chakkar people
The dynasty started by Kutubudin in the Mahomedan king. doin established at Delhi, was Gulām a Dynasty (A D 1206-1 90 . It was so named as Kuțubudin was a slave of Sâhābuddin Ghori. It was replaced by Khilaji Dynasty (A D. 1290-1320) It was again replaced by Taghalakha Dynasty ( A D 1320 to 1412) started by Gyāsudin Taghalakha. Then came the Saiyada Dynasty (A D. 1413-1453 ) started by Khijarakhana Saiyada and it was followed by Lodi Dynasty (A D. 1453-1526) started by Bahalol Lodi. These five Mahomedan dynasties ruled for three hundred and twenty (320) years.
The period commencing with the beginning of the Christian Era and ending with the establish nent of the Mogul Dyşnasty, was full of trouble either from the Huns or the Sakas or the
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