rajput

They ruled over parts of Orissa and Madhya pradesh. In 1250s AD, Tughan Khan attacked the Chandellas in Orrisa. The Chandella king Narasimha Deva defeated Tughan Khan. To commemorate his victory, Narasimha Deva erected the Sun Temple at Konark. The Chandella kings also built the Jagannath temple at Puri, and many temples of Khujerao.

Prithviraj Chauhan ruled Rajasthan and Punjab from two capitals, Pithoragadh (Delhi) and Ajmer. Turk, Muhammad of Ghur conquered Lahore and Sindh and reached the border of Rajasthan. Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Ghuri in the first battle (1191AD). Ghuri returned next year, defeated and captured Prithviraj.

Govindchandra Gahadwal founded the Gahadwal kingdom. They ruled from Kannauj. Jaichandra Gadhawal's daughter Sanyogita eloped with his rival Prithviraj Chauhan, against his wishes. Thus Jaichandra remained in Ghadwal when Prithviraj was defeated by Ghuri in 1192. Two years later, Jaichandra was defeated and killed by Ghuri.

Baz Bahadur and his beautiful wife Rani Rupmati ruled Malwa. The king did not bother to look after his kingdom nor did he maintain a strong army. The Mughals defeated Baz Bahadur and captured his queen Rupmati. Being a proud Rajput, she killed herself. Baz Bahadur fled to Chittod, to seek help.

Sawai Jai Singh II founded the city of Jaipur. He ruled from Jaipur between 1693 and 1743. The astronomer-king, designed and built 4 observatories at Jaipur, Ujjain, Delhi and Varanasi. The observatories, called Jantar Mantar are equipped to calculate the rotation of the sun, moon, planets and stars to an amazing degree of accuracy.