| Siege of Gwalior | |||||||||
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&sq=Serbia&lang=en&file=File:Gwalior_1.JPG) Gwalior fort | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Ghurid dynasty | Parihar Rajputs | ||||||||
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Qutb ud-Din Aibak Bahauddin Tughril |
Sulakshanapala  | ||||||||
The siege of Gwalior was a military expedition of The Ghurid Dynasty aganist the Kachchhapaghata dynasty in 1196. The Ghurids under Qutb ud-Din Aibak captured Gwalior after defeating Sulakshanapala, the King of Kachchhapaghata. Sulakshanapala surrendered to Aibak, which led to the complete end of Rajput Kachchhapaghata dynasty[1][2][3][4][5]
Sulakshanapala, the King of Kachchhapaghata dynasty surrendered the fort and accepted their sovereignty.[2] Qutb ud-Din appointed his slave Iltutmish as governor.[6] This led to the decline of Kachchhapaghata dynasty.
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- ^ Chakravarty, Kalyan Kumar (1984). Gwalior Fort: Art, Culture, and History. Arnold-Heinemann. p. 91. ISBN 978-0-391-03223-1.
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