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# The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c13: Chapter XX

The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c13

- **Language:** English

### Chapter XX

### [v3.c13.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c13.1)

THE NATIVE STATES OF NORTHERN INDIA FROM A.D. 1000 TO 1526

### [v3.c13.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c13.2)

By Lt.-Colonel Sir Wolseley Haig

### [v3.c13.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.haig-1928.v3.c13.3)

The Hindu Shāhīs and the Punjāb . . . . . . . 506 Ajmer, Delhi, Chitor, Kanauj, Jijhoti, Chedi, Mālwa, Bengal, and Kāmarūpa . . . . . . . . . 507 The Solankīs of Gujarāt . . . . . . . . 508 Kanauj and Delhi . . . . . . . . . 509 Chedi, Mālwa, and Chitor . . . . . . . . 510 The Pālas and Senas of Bengal . . . . . . . 511 The Chauhāns and the Gaharwārs. The two battles of Tarāorī . . 512 Extinction of the Gaharwārs. The conquest of Bihār . . . . 513

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| | PAGE |  
| Kāmarūpa, or Assam | 514 |  
| Decline of the Chandels | 514 |  
| Ranthambhor | 515 |  
| Invasion of Mālwa by Iltutmish. Independence of the Chauhāns in Ranthambhor | 516 |  
| Conquest of Ranthambhor and Gujarāt by the Muslims | 517 |  
| Chāmpāner, Sirohī, and Cutch | 518 |  
| Surāshtra, or Sorath | 519 |  
| The Gahlots of Chitor | 520 |  
| The Rāhtors of Mārwār | 521 |  
| Conquests of Chonda, the Rāhtor. His death | 522 |  
| Rāhtor influence in Mewār. The Rāhtors of Baglāna | 523 |  
| Legends of the Gahlots, or Sesodias, of Mewār | 524 |  
| Capture of Chitor by ‘Alā-ud-dīn Khaljī and its recovery by the Sesodias | 525 |  
| Kshetra, or Khet Singh, of Mewār | 526 |  
| Expulsion of the Rāhtors from Mewār | 527 |  
| Kūmbha Rānā of Mewār | 528 |  
| Sangrama of Mewār | 529 |  
| The Battle of Khānua. Death of Sangrama and accession of Ratan Singh II. Death of Ratan Singh and accession of Vikramāditya | 530 |  
| The Jādons of Jaisalmer | 531 |  
| Legendary siege of Jaisalmer by ‘Alā-ud-dīn Khaljī | 532 |  
| The fortress of Gwalior | 533 |  
| The Kachhwāhas of Amber and Jaipur | 534 |  
| Gondwāna | 534 |  
| Gond kingdoms | 535 |  
| Garha-Katanga, or Garha-Mandla; Deogarh; Kherla; and Chānda | 536 |  
| The kingdom of Chānda | 537 |  
| The Gond kingdoms compared | 538 |

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