Correct, however the ghaharvads and chandellas resisted them for near a century.
.. Surely Geography helps but isn't always a decisive factor.Chauhans were not the only power in Rajputana to have ever suffered a set back. Win and loss were ruotine for martial communities of Rajputana.
Resistance depends on the resolve of the people. Shown above with an example.
You didn't get the point. The resolve of people is always important, there is no disagreeing with it. But one needs other things along with resolve to fight a bigger army. In the plains there is just no way to fight a guerrilla war, one either submits to the army in charge or die fighting against it. That's what happened in the northern plains. You think the Hindu rulers there had no resolve or they were happy to let go of power? They couldn't fight back because they had no means to fight back. The Chauhans weren't the only power in the plains, but they were the biggest power and once their army was destroyed, it was just a matter of time for other smaller clans. The example of Marwad explains itself, Marwad had plenty of hill forts and it's shielded from north and east by other Rajput kingdoms and hilly terrain, on the west it's protected by harsh semi desert terrain, only the south is exposed. The Rajputs were well aware of their powers and limitations, there is a reason why they rarely attempted to expand into the Gangetic plains. It's necessary to understand geopolitical realities to understand history, it's not to put down resolve of the people who resisted Jihadi onslaught.
Veer DurgaDas Rathore effectively waged Guerrilla warfare in Marwar against Aurangzeb. Marwar has no mountains or heavy forests for cover. It is a semi desert with pockets of bushes and shrubs.
Marwar's resistance went on for three decades until Aurangzeb died.
Ajit Singh destroyed numerous mosquees in retaliation.
Bakht Singh had even banned Namaaz in Marwar.
Chauhans were not the only power in Rajputana to have ever suffered a set back. Win and loss were ruotine for martial communities of Rajputana.
What really made difference in Ajmer was that Chauhan descendents withered away from the place and hence Ajmer was never back in the Rajput fold while other places like Marwar and Nagor were always wrestled back no matter how hard the enemy fell upon them. Why? because the clans and descendents never left their soil, even after defeat. They stayed around to fight another day.
That also tell us why Ajmer right in the middle of Rajputana became a leakage, an Islamic centre and always remained so.
Resistance depends on the resolve of the people. Shown above with an example.
Regards,
Virendra
IIRC Pratiharas were Gurjars and not Rajputs
I meant Rajputs of Rajasthan post 12th century. Not debating semantics of word 'Rajput' here.
OK brother.
Next you would say that chandellas were gonds.
Gujarat comes from Gurjaratra, that much is a fact.
