The wealth and splendour of the 12th century Kingdom of Ajmer as described in the contemporary text, Prithviraj Vijay.
In the opening sarga of Prithviraj Vijay the author, Jayanak from Kashmir, describes his residence in the religious center of Pushkar.
Jayanak is full of praise for the city of Ajmer, ruled by Prithviraja Chauhan, and known originally as Ajaymeru: "Ajayameru is full of golden temples and fully deserves the title of Meru. Lord Kamadev is present in the hearts of men, and Cupid blazes in the hearts of ladies, the amorous glances from whose eyes fan him. The ruler rule over the country as far as the sea and his fame is not confined to the earth.
Baories (stepped wells), wells, lakes, and water depots are full of water. People sitting in Jharokas enjoy the cool breezes. The water resources being so plentiful, even in the wells on the hill-fort of Ajmer. The perfumed incense burnt by ladies to dry their hair, gathers in thick clouds and hides the moon. The increasing prosperity of the city has laid low the pride of all other cities.
People get water from Pushkar and revere it. Lovers exchange excellent repartees. Servants laugh at nurses when the latter cry out at children laying their hands on lamps of jewels (which give forth light but don't burn). The big blocks of golden stones used in building houses in this city make the black spots in the moon appear white by reflected light. The camphor and musk which drop from the bodies of the citizens in the streets make the cloths of the passers aromatic. The cities like Kannauj, Kalinjar, Anhilwara, Mahoba, etc. are not fit to be handmaids of Ajmer. This city is, as it were a city of Golden Mountain."
The eighth sarga describes the festivities and rejoicings on the auspicious occasion of the birth of Prithviraja. A wet nurse was appointed for him and a tiger's claw and illustrations of the ten incarnations of Bhagwan Vishnu were placed in his necklace.
Prithviraj had constructed in Ajmer the same number of temples as the hill forts he had conquered; in their midst Prithviraj built a temple, which towered above them all. In it he placed "an effigy of his father on horseback, with his own effigy on a mammoth in front, facing his father's. He built five golden temples, and so Ajmer vied with Meru, which boasted of its five golden towers. He built so many temples in Gaugnak (9 miles north east of Ajmer) and other places that the population of the other cities of Hind dwindled away."
The ninth sarga says that during the regency of Prithviraj, the city of Ajmer was so densely populated and there were so many gardens, tanks, and wells, that not more than one-tenth of the earth was visible to the sun. Water in the wells was found only three feet below the surface! Fortunately the manuscript had also shone light on the Second battle of Tarain and busted many myths that have sprung up later.
Another Sarga says that on the eve of Second battle of Tarain, when Ghori demanded the submission of Prithvirajs gorgeous wife Samyogita, his aged minister advised Prithviraj to sue for peace. Prithviraj said, "It is a disgrace that you talk of suing for peace. And what a peace could it be when the enemy wants to rape your wives & women, sell your children as slaves, destroy your homes, use your temples as mosques and obliterate Hinduism by circumcising & converting you to Islam."
The panicky minister was shamed into silence by Prithviraj's brave words.
Preparing for a final fight, Prithviraj took his wives, concubines and women with heavy baggage and himself encamped a few miles from Ghori's troops. The battle raged for fiercely. Contingent after contingent of Prithviraj's forces met in a fierce hand-to-hand combat with Ghoris small band of Muslim soldiers and perished to a Muslims sword. It was the month of February 1192 A.D. The site was between Thaneshwar and Sirsuti.
In this second battle, Ghori used to terrorize Hindu women by rape attempts to mislead and demoralize the Hindu forces. Prithviraj Vijay says, "When the army of Islam made the attack, and most of the infidels were castrated & slain, a noise arose from Prithvirajs Luxurious golden tent and Prithviraj seeing his own busty concubines were being raped by ugly Muslims". He cried out, "Come hither, I am here." The women then raised their voices and said, "Oh, king, we are your women who have fallen into the hands of the Muslims and are captives. Muslims are raping us repeatedly" Prithviraj said, "I live as yet, who raped you?" So saying he urged his elephant against the army of Islam. Mohammed Ghori told the naphtha throwers that the opportunity was theirs, and an ugly powerful man Aibak, in obedience shot the naphtha arrow into Prithviraj's howdah and set it on fire. The huge elephant made for the water. Prithviraj's imperial bodyguard converged round him to save him from the shower of enemy arrows and spears and the onslaught of Muslim swordsmen. With the fire put out the mahout brought the royal elephant under control and once again charged on the enemy. Prithviraj ordered a horse to be brought alongside and climbing down from the howdah entered the thick of the fray of Hindu fugitives and ran away from the battlefield with his lovely wife Samyukta. The Muslims charged fiercely and chased the panic stricken fugitive Hindu army. The cruel Muslims surrounded the huge Hindu army on all the sides and were furiously taking a heavy toll of Prithvirajs mammoth Hindu army, Prithviraj fought with Panic.
Ghori and Prithviraj met in personal combat. Fatty Prithviraj was no match for muscular Ghori. Soon Ghori caught Prithvirajs copulation organ and castrated Prithviraj. Overcome with exhaustion and profusely bleeding, Prithviraj ultimately fell on the battle-field with his skull cleft by brutal swipes of Ghoris sword. It was about sunset when this glorious Sun of Hindusthan set in all his glory. Ghori chopped off Prithviraj head from his fat body. Prithvirajs fat body was butchered by Ghori, his blood mingled with the soil of Hindusthan and his soul dissolved itself into eternity.
India lost one of her bravest sons, Prithviraj, who did the fatal mistake of endless amorous copulation with his young sensuous wife Samyogita, even in the battlefield.
The battle was still raging. The remnants of Prithviraj's army saved their gorgeous Queen Samyogita from Islamic rapes and fought a rearguard action making its way to Ajmer, the golden walled town.
Prithviraj's another wife, Rani Chitrarekha, accompanied by a contingent of Hindu army secretly left Ajmer, now menaced by Ghori, and escaped to Indpat Fort alias Delhi. Rani Samyogita, the favourite wife of Prithviraj, with a garrison of 1,50,000 prepared to defend Ajmer. They were joined by survivors from Prithviraj's huge army.
Ghori kept up a steady pressure against Ajmer dividing his army into night and day shifts to hurl naphtha and boulders into the golden walled town of Ajmer. Soon the golden fort town fell.
Entering the town, Ghori put 10,00,000 Hindu men to the sword, turned all the temple into mosques and took all the remaining women and children captive.
Rani Samyogita with most of the Hindu women in the town fell into the hands of lecherous Muslims. They were repeatedly raped by the lusty and lecherous touch of Muslim brutes. Among the 30,000 concubines of Prithviraj taken, 30 were wives of Prithviraj. One of the women was the favourite wife of Prithviraj named Samyogita. They were all dumped into Ghoris harem.
The Prithviraj Vijay shamelessly recorded: When Ghori saw the chief Queen of Prithviraj named Samyogita, he was much struck with her beauty and charms and began to bite his finger with astonishment. Aibak desired to take her but Ghori said 'O my slave! I exceedingly admire the girl, and am so enamored of her, that I wish to keep her for myself'. Saying this, Ghori pounced on Samyogita and raped her repeatedly with his full force over and over again.
Prithviraj's another wife, Chitrarekha, hearing of Samyogitas tragedy rallied the garrison of Delhi and reminded them of their duty to protect the royal family and the citizens. True to their loyalty all the 50,000 Hindu soldiers in the Delhi Fort fought to the last man.
Most of the Hindu women of the city fell into the hands of Muslims and faced the harrowing cruelty that was being let loose in the name of Islam. Prithvirajs wife Chitrarekha, the damsels of great physical beauty was repeatedly raped by Ghori publicly.
The sun set on a ghastly scene. All temples strewn with dead bodies were now declared to be mosques. The cows in the city's dairies were slaughtered for the feasting of Ghori's hordes.
Ghoris forces ran berserk over the whole of north India reducing city after city, ransacking every town, raping and kidnapping young Hindu women, putting to the torch all habitations, plundering and slaughtering, converting and taking slaves.
At Kannauj, the capital of Jaichand, again stiff resistance was met. Jaichand, the father-in-law of Prithviraj, was in command and no one dared utter a word of despair that Prithviraj being dead they were left without a protector. Jaichand, though old, was as brave, unbending and uncompromising as his young Son-in-law, Prithviraj.
Ghori had come with a force of 50,000 and had encamped on the outskirts of Kannauj. A beautiful golden temple with a well-built tank in a lush orchard was desecrated by Ghori. The defenders of Kannauj shouted defiance at Ghori warning him to be wise and retreat.
When despite several days of confrontation Ghori found the people of Kannauj resolute, he dragged the chief-wife of Prithviraj, Rani Samyogita, put her on a white Elephant, the one that Samyogita used to ride and sent her with an escort near the city ramparts. She cried out, "Oh people of the Kannauj, I have some matters of importance to tell you. Come near, so that I may speak." A body of principal men along with King Jaichand assembled on the ramparts. The woman then uncovered her face and said: "I am Samyogita, the Chief-Queen of Prithviraj. Our Fat king Prithviraj has been killed by Ghori and his head have been sent to Ghor. The royal flags and umbrella have also been forwarded to Ghor. Ghori had raped me repeatedly and forced me to accept Islam. Do not you destroy yourselves?" So saying, she shrieked and wept bitterly and sang a funeral song.
The people on the ramparts were heart broken because Samyogita was Jaichands only daughter. She had eloped with Prithviraj and married him after Tarain I. Jaichand replied, "You are my only daughter. You have been raped repeatedly by Ghori, who also killed your handsome fat husband .Though you are polluted by ugly Islamic rapes, as a father, I will save you from the clutches of Ghori and these cow-eaters." Saying so, angry Jaichand ordered his huge Hindu army to rush out of the Fort and attack the Muslims.
Again treachery reared its ugly head. Hindus, noble and unsuspecting, had not realized that Ghori was using Samyogita to incite Jaichand and tricked for an open hand-to-hand fight, in which the Hindus were no match for the Muslims. Soon Jaichands huge Hindu army was massacred by the Muslims and Ghoris axe sent Jaichands head rolling down in the dusts of the battle. The hopes of Samyogita were shattered into pieces.
Ghori's depredations continued over Hindustan for many long years. His sack of Kannauj brought about a windfall. That ancient city, had a huge golden temple in which were stored 40 jars filled with gold dust, weighing 14,200 maunds (each maund being equal to 40 kilograms approximately). The deity itself was made of red gold and had eyes of bright red rubies. In addition the plunder included many strings of pearls, many rare gems and huge fabulous treasures.
Hariraj, the younger brother of Prithviraj captured Ajmer back from the Muslims in 1193 A.D with the help of Chalukyas of Gujarat. Bhimdev, the King of Gujarat gave his two beautiful sisters in marriage to Hariraj. Now Ajmer had two young beautiful Queens namely, Padmini and Kamalini. Hariraj like his fat elder brother Prithviraj, wasted his time in continuous copulation and coitus with his two young wives. As the newly married Hariraj was matting continuously with the beautiful Chalukyan princesses, Aibak suddenly attacked Ajmer. Aibak commenced his sudden attack at day-break. Hariraj was matting with his new beautiful wives inside his golden harem. Most of the Hindu soldiers were smooching with their wives and sleeping and some were answereing the calls of nature. The scenario was similar to Tarain II and the result was also similar. In the confusion of the sack, Hariraj panicked and tried to run away with his new young wives. But Aibak castrated and killed Hariraj and captured both his beautiful wives. Ugly Aibak raped those two bewitching damsels again and again for a period of three months. Then he sent both of them to Ghazni for feasting them to Muhammed Ghori.
The two young princesses were sent to Ghazni in a huge convoy consisting of slaves, women and children. There the two princesses were moved to Ghori's harem to be taken care of till they were fit to be presented to the Ghori.
After about two months, the girls were presented to Ghori. The two-month long period indicated the lusty shape they were in after the long and arduous travel from Ajmer to Ghazni. Prithviraj Vijay tells us that Ghori asked the interpreter to inquire of the two girls which of them was elder so that he may ravish her first and send for the second later. Ghori asked the elder one to remain with him and sent back the younger one to the harem. "Sultan Ghori", says the chronicler, "was enamored of her charms. He laid his hands upon her ***** and drew her towards him."
The Queen's eyes flashed anger and revenge. Her honor was at stake. She was in a fiend's camp where the chastity of women was a matter of sport. Like lightning Padmini stood up and moved away from the Ghori. She made up her mind to kill both the Ghori as well as Aibak at one stroke. Padmini pointedly asked the Ghori, "What kinds of pernicious system have you in which Aibak himself raped us for three montha before passing us on to you? Is it your practice that the seniors ravish women after they had been despoiled by the lackeys?"
The pointed words didnt pierce the Ghori's heart. The smoke of lust had so clouded his mind that he pounced on her and raped her repeatedly for many days. Then he sent for Kamalini who was also raped by Ghori repeatedly for many days. Soon they were converted to Islam and were dumped into Ghoris harem. Ghori told the two Queens, "Every Muslim has the right to rape any Hindu women even if she is a Hindu Queen. So what Aibak did is right as per Islamic laws. Padmini, you cant cheat me."
Bhimdev, the king of Gujarat continuously helped the Chauhans. So Aibak attacked the capital of Gujarat, Anhilwad Patan. The siege of the city continued for six months. Since the Muslim army outside had raped many country-side women and killed their husbands, the besieged were in great distress. Bhimdev, left the city with a detachment to find his way to South to escape from the wrath of Aibak.
One night some Muslims stealthily scaled down the fort walls and opened the main door. Taken by surprise when Aibak's marauders entered the fort shouting Allahu Akbar, the inhabitants of the city flung open the eastern gate so that helpless women and children may escape if possible from the terrible massacre and beastly rapes that always followed Aibak's entry. But a band of Muslims quickly closed and locked the eastern gate. All Hindu men were killed, their wives were raped and their children were converted to Islam. Such lechery is euphemistically lauded in Indian history as the fusion of Muslim culture with Indian!
As per History, King Prithviraj Chauhan’s sons dedicated their lives to dargah. History says that Prithviraj’s sons came under Gharib Nawaz’s influence.
According to Prithviraj Vijay, Khwaja had come to Ajmer at a time when Prithviraj Chauhan ruled the kingdom. Prithviraj and his wives had 21 sons of whom only five survived after Tarain II. They were Laikha, Taikha, Saikha, Kola and Bhirda. Laikha, Taikha and Saikha were born to Prithviraj through his beautiful wife Rani Meena. After Tarain II, Ghori captured and raped all the wives of Prithviraj. Ghori gave Prithviraj’s beautiful young wife Rani Meena to Khwaja for the service he did to Islam. Khwaja accepted the gift with great delight and married Rani Meena. Generous Khwaja also accepted Rani Meena’s three little sons as his disciples. They were born to ravishing Meena through her fat husband Prithviraj. They came under Gharib Nawaz's influence and converted to Islam. They dedicated their lives to his service and after his death looked after his dargah. Their descendants have looked after the dargah ever since. It is a place visited by both Muslims and Hindus.
Despite of having a very large Hindu army, Fat Prithviraj was not able to stand against the small Muslim army led by Ghori. This Brave PRITHVIRAJ ran off the battlefield with his gorgeous young wife Samyogita. Prithviraj was not capable of being a brave ruler. Despite of being having huge Hindu home ground support, he was unable to defeat a small Muslim army detachment that came from far away.
The real hero is Ghauri. Yes, the one who defeated the pseudo-hero Prithviraj Chauhan.
What awe, a hero (false-hero) who deserted the field of battle and ran away in fear with his sensuous wife Samyogita, to save his dear wife’s chastity. Ghori captured Prithviraj and his sensuous wife Samyogita after hot chase. Ghori took them both to Ajmer where he publicly castrated and beheaded Prithviraj. Ghori pounced on Sexy Samyogita and publicly raped Sensuous Samyogita repeatedly. Soon Samyogita accepted Islam and became Ghori’s favourite wife.
