History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s22.8

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Having discussed the date as also the place of birth of Prithvīrāj we will go on to speak of his marriages. He must have been certainly a precocious boy and according to the Rajput fashion of the day and indeed Hindu practice generally of the time, he must have married early. The Rāsā mentions many queens of his; but the first and notable of them was Inchhinī daughter of Jaita Paramāra of Abu. The Rāsā story of this marriage is, however, absurd. An elder daughter of the Paramāra chief of Abu was married to Chaulukya king Bhīma; who, learning of the great beauty of her younger sister, insisted on marrying that princess also. Her father, however, gave her in marriage to Prithvīrāj. The kingdom of Abu was invaded in consequence by Bhīma. Prithvīrāj moved against Bhīma who, thereupon, incited Shihabuddin to attack Prithvīrāj from the north while he himself attacked him from the south. Prithvīrāj and his general Kaimāsa, however, defeated them severally; Shihabuddin being even captured. (The Rāsā, by an amazing exaggeration, makes Prithvīrāj capture Shihabuddin several times releasing him each time through generosity). The story seems improbable, though we may believe that Prithvīrāj was married to Inchhinī a Paramāra princess and that he had a fight with Bhola Bhīma of Gujarat for some reason in which the latter was defeated.