History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c37.3

v3.c37.3

Having secured Ajmer, the Sultan marched against Delhi, the second capital of the Chauhans, where "he saw a fortress which in height and strength had no equal in the whole of India," (E. II 26). "The fortress resisted and torrents of blood flowed on both sides"; but eventually the governor submitted, "placed his head upon the line of slavery and made firm the conditions of tribute, Malgujari and service.” “The Sultan then returned to Ghazni but the army remained outside Delhi at the Mouza of Inderpat.” It is always necessary to keep an army in a conquered country to enforce subjection and the payment of tribute.