The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.88
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c29.s2.88
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During the interval of comparative peace between the raids of Mahmūd and the more systematic subjection of Northern India by Muhammad b. Sām 'the Chauhāns of Ajmer and the Gahlots of Chitor were alternately friends and foes.' The prince of Chitor, who had married a sister of Prithvī Rāj of Ajmer and Delhi, espoused his cause in his contest with Jayachandra of Kanauj for supremacy in Northern India. The Solankī in Gujarāt and the Pratihāra in Mandor¹ supported the claim of the Gaharwār, and, according to Rājput legend, both Kanauj and Gujarāt employed Muslim mercenaries whose presence in their armies was a source of useful information to Muhammad b. Sām. The Rājputs of Northern India richly deserved their fate.