Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v1.c17.s5.t2.36

v1.c17.s5.t2.36

Sambhar,³ on the banks of the extensive salt lake of the same name, was probably anterior to Ajmer, and yielded an epithet to the princes of this race, who [96] were styled Sambhari Rao. These continued to be the most important places of Chauhan power, until the translation of Prithwiraja to the imperial throne of Delhi threw a parting halo of splendour over the last of its independent kings. There were several princes whose actions emblazon the history of the Chauhans. Of these was Manika Rae, who first opposed the progress of the Muhammadan arms. Even the history of the conquerors records that the most obstinate opposition which the arms of Mahmud of Ghazni encountered was from the prince of Ajmer,⁴ who forced him to retreat, foiled and disgraced, from this celebrated stronghold, in his destructive route to Saurashtra.