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He was the ruler of the Chauhan Chahamana dynasty. As a young king of his kingdom, he defeated several neighbouring kingdoms like Chandelas through his military forces to expand his empire. However, he was counter-defeated by Muhammad Ghori in CE with the help of some Turkish mounted archers in Tarain. Later, his defeat motivated several Muslim Kings to conquer major Indian territories.

Prithviraj Chauhan was born on Saturday, 1 June age 28 years; at the time of death in Patan, Gujarat, India according to the Anglo calendar. He had a younger brother and a sister named Hariraj and Pritha, respectively. Several medieval legendary catalogues like medieval kavyas epic poems which were written by Hindu and Jain poets provide elaborated information about the life of Prithviraj Chauhan.

The other books which were recommended by some well-known historians are Prabandha-Chintamani, Prabandha Kosha, and Prithviraja Prabandha. Jaganika, a poet from the Chandela dynasty, also mentioned the deeds of Prithviraj in his book the Alha-Khanda or Alha Raso when Prithviraj Chauhan was at a war against the Chandelas. In , a Sanskrit poem anthology titled Sharngadhara-paddhati was compiled by Sharngadhara, cites Prithviraj Chauhan.

Soon, he was enthroned as the king of Chahamana and moved to Ajmer from Gujarat.

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His mother held the responsibility of the administration along with the chief minister of the kingdom, Kadambavasa, who was also known by the names Kaimasa, Kaimash, or Kaimbasa, and according to the book Prithviraja Vijaya, Kadambavasa was responsible for the initial victories of the kingdom in the battlefield. The book Prithviraj Raso states that once, Kadambavasa was captured by Prithviraj with his mistress Karnati.

It added that Kadambavasa was also blamed for his involvement in the conspiracy for the repeated Muslim invasions. As a result, Prithviraj killed Kadambavasa. However, these claims were not cited in the book Prithviraja Vijaya and some historians also refused the same.