What the records say
- When
- 1194
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 27.11° N, 78.37° E
- Description
- 1194 battle
Battle of Chandawar
1194 battle during Muhammad of Ghor's Indian campaigns
The Battle of Chandawar was fought in 1194 between Muhammad of Ghor and Jayachandra of the Gahadavala dynasty. It took place at Chandawar, on the Yamuna River close to Agra. The victory of this battle gave Muhammad control of much of North India. The battle was hotly contested, until Jayachandra was killed and his army routed.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Битва при Чандаваре между правителем Гуридского султаната Мухаммадом Гури и Джаячандрой из Канауджа[англ.] из династии Гахадавала[англ.]”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page