Second Battle of Tarain 1192 CE
Hindu Army of Prithviraj Chauhan:
Foot Archers: 2,00,000
Heavy Cavalry: 3,00,000
Infantry: 5,00,000
Elephants: 3000
Women: 1,00,000
Muslim Army of Muhammad Ghori:
Mounted Archers: 40,000
Light Cavalry: 40,000
Heavy Cavalry: 20,000
Infantry: 20,000
Prithviraj's foot archers used crossbows with metal thumb rings. Ghori's mounted archers used composite bows with leather thumb rings.
Prithviraj's cavalry were clad in steel plate armour worn over padded armour because padded armour cushions a blow and makes the usage of steel plate armour more comfortable. Prithviraj's cavalry used steel stirrups. Ghori's cavalry were clad in leather plate armour. Ghori's cavalry used wooden stirrups.
Prithviraj's cavalry had stout stallion horses which ran slow when compared to Ghori's cavalry which had nimble gelding horses.
The horses in Prithviraj's cavalry were nailed with steel horseshoes whereas the horses in Ghori's cavalry were nailed with iron horseshoes.
Ghori's cavalry used leather plate armour compared to Prithviraj's cavalry which used steel plate armour. Thus Ghori had swift cavalry compared to Prithviraj's sluggish cavalry.