The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.109

v3.c20.109

After his departure Aibak marched into the Doāb and captured Koil, and a month or two later joined his master with 50,000 horse. Muhammad had invaded India for the purpose of attacking Jaichand, Raja of Kanauj and Benares, who according to Hindu accounts, had been his ally against Prithvī Rāj, but on discovering that the Muslims were determined to annex northern India, had repented of his unpatriotic alliance and was preparing to attack the intruders. Muhammad halted near Kanauj and sent Aibak to meet Jaichand, who was encamped at Chandwār, now Fīrūzābād, on the Jumna, between Agra and Etāwah. The armies met on the banks of the river, and the Muslims were on the point of giving way when a fortunately aimed arrow struck Jaichand in the eye and he fell dead from his elephant, whereupon the Hindus broke and fled, and were pursued with great slaughter. Jaichand's body, crushed beyond recognition, was found with difficulty, but his attendants recognised it by means of the teeth, which had either been stopped with gold or were false teeth fastened with gold wire. The victorious army pressed on to the fortress of Āsī, near Manaich, where Jaichand had stored his treasure, which was plundered. Thence it marched to Benares where it destroyed several temples and took much booty, and Muhammad then returned to Ghaznī.