![]() On a subsequent night, the king attempts to kill Kaimbasa with a bow and arrow in the dark, but Kaimbasa escapes. One day, he complains to the king against Pratapasimha, but the spear-bearer convinces the king that Kaimbasa had been supporting the king's Ghurid enemies. In the Prithviraja Prabandha, Kaimbasa is not on good terms with Prithviraj's spear-bearer Pratapasimha. Both Prithviraj and Chand Bardai died shortly after. During this performance, Prithviraj shot the arrow in the direction of Shihab al-Din's voice and killed him. On hearing this, Chand Bardai traveled to Ghazni and tricked Shihab al-Din into watching an archery performance by the blind Prithviraj. There, Shihab al-Din had Prithviraj blinded. Shihab al-Din imprisoned Prithviraj, and took him to the invader's capital Ghazni. Although Prithviraj prepared for the battle against Muhammad Ghuri in a short time, he was ultimately defeated. Prithviraj's priest and the poet Chand Bardai brought the king to his senses. He started ignoring the state affairs, particularly the threat from the Muslim invader Shihab al-Din Muhammad Ghuri. In Delhi, Prithviraj became infatuated with his new wife, and started spending most of his time with her. Two-third of his warriors sacrificed their life in fight against the Kannauj army, allowing him to escape to Delhi with Sanyogita. Nevertheless, Prithviraj marched to Kannauj with a hundred warriors and eloped with Samyogita. ![]() Jaichand arranged a swayamvara (husband-selection) ceremony for his daughter, but did not invite Prithviraj. Meanwhile, Jaichand's daughter Sanyogita fell in love with Prithviraj after hearing about his heroic exploits, and declared that she would only marry him. Prithviraj refused to participate in this ceremony, and thus, refused to acknowledge Jaichand as the supreme king. ![]() Some time later, king Jaichand of Kannauj decided to conduct a Rajasuya ceremony to proclaim his supremacy. So, he appointed Prithviraj as the king of Delhi. Anangpal was cursed with not having any male heir, because he had meddled with the iron pillar of Delhi. This is a summary of the shortest (Rajmal Bora) recension of Prithviraj Raso: Prithviraj was born to the Chauhan ruler of Ajmer his mother was the daughter of the Delhi ruler Anangpal Tomar. ![]()
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