Gujarat and the Gahadavalas of western Uttar Pradesh. The best-known Chahamana ruler was Prithviraja III (1168 CE-1192 CE), who defeated an Afghan ruler named Sultan Muhammad Ghori in 1191 CE, but lost to him the very next year, in 1192 CE.
PART-2
The Cholas
Let us take a look at Southern India now.
Chola rule is one of the well documented in the history of the South. Let us see how they became successful rulers.
Map 2: The Chola kingdom and its neibhours
The Cholas
How did Cholas rise to power? A minor chiefly-family known as the Muttaraiyar held power in the Kaveri delta. They were subordinates to the Pallava kings of Kanchipuram. Vijayalaya, who belonged to the ancient chiefly- family of the Cholas from Uraiyur. captured the delta from the Muttaraiyar in the middle of the ninth century. He built the town of Thanjavur and a temple for goddess Nishum- bhasudini there.
The successors of Vijayalaya conquered neighbouring regions and the kingdom grew in size and power. The Pandyan and the Pallava territories to the south and north were made part of this kingdom. Rajaraja I,, considered the most