[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829) › v2.c28.76 # Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.76 Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c28.76 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.76) The Invasion of Shihābu-d-dīn.—Shihabu-din, king of Ghor, taking advantage of these dissensions, invaded India. He first encountered Prithiraj, the Chauhan king of Delhi, the outwork and bulwark of India, which fell. Shihabu-d-din then attacked Jaichand, who was weakened by the previous struggle. Kanauj put forth all her strength, but in vain; and her monarch was the last son of “the Yavana of Parlipur” who ruled on the banks of the Ganges. He met a death congenial to the Hindu, being drowned in the sacred stream in attempting to escape.¹ - [Previous: v2.c28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.75) - [Next: v2.c28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.77) - [Up: v2.c28](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tod-1829.v2.c28.76) · Pramāṇa