Prithviraj Chauhan killed a tiger with his bare hands in his younger days.
He defeated the king of Gujarat only at an age of thirteen and his maternal grandfather Angam declared him the king of Delhi after seeing his bravery.
Chand Bardai, Prithviraj’s friend and poet court, wrote a poem 'Prithviraj Raso' describing his life
The 'Prithviraja Vijaya' mentions that he studied 6 languages while the 'Prithviraj Raso' claims that he learned 14 languages.
Prithviraj's wife Somyukta was the daughter of Jaichandra Gahadwal who was Prithviraj's enemy. The two eloped after her father arranged a swayamvar
After defeating Shahabuddin Muhammad Ghori in the first battle of Tarrain in 1191, he left him unharmed and forgave him
When Ghori again attacked Prithviraj and won the battle of Second Tarrain in 1912, Ghori arrested Prithviraj and also made him blind with red hot iron
Later Prithviraj killed Ghori in an archery competition with the help of his friend Chand Bardai and he got killed by Ghori’s bodyguard
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