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Ajmer ( pronounced [ədʒmeːr] ⓘ) is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan . Ajmer is surrounded by the Aravalli Mountains. Ajmer has been a municipality since 1869.
Hinduism. Prithviraja III ( IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; reign. c. 1177 – 1192), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in present-day Rajasthan. Ascending the throne as a minor in 1177 CE, Prithviraj inherited a kingdom ...
The Chahamanas of Shakambhari ( IAST: Cāhamāna), colloquially known as the Chauhans of Sambhar or Chauhans of Ajmer, were an Indian dynasty that ruled parts of the present-day Rajasthan and neighbouring areas in India, between the 6th and 12th centuries. The territory ruled by them was known as Sapadalaksha. They were the most prominent ...
History of Ajmer. Ajmer is a historical region in central Rajasthan, a central part of a Shakambari Chahamana ( Chauhan) kingdom in 11–12th centuries during the reign of Prithviraj Chauhan . The region includes a present-day Ajmer district and is bounded on the west by Marwar, on the northeast by Dhundhar, on the southeast by Hadoti, and on ...
Akbari Fort & Museum is a museum in Ajmer. It has been named Rajputana Museum. It was once the residence of Prince Salīm, the son of the Emperor Akbar, and presently houses a collection of Mughal and Rajput armor and sculpture. Construction of this had been commissioned by Akbar in 1570. This is the location from where Salim, as the Emperor ...
Captured Ajmer, Ranthambor, Nagaur and Sopore. Kshetra Singh: 1364–1382 Hammir's son, he captured Madalgarh and Bundi, completely annexed Ajmer. He also defeated Amin Shah of Malwa at the "Battle of Bakrole" and inflicted heavy casualties. His death can actually by as late as 1405. Lakha Singh: 1382–1421
Chauhan Dynasty. Coin of the Chahamana of Ajmer ruler Vigraharaja IV, circa 1150–1164 CE. Chauhan, a name derived from the historical Chahamanas, a clan name associated with various ruling Rajput families in the present-day Indian state of Rajasthan from seventh century onwards. [1]
Rana Kumbha was born at Madariya, [6] in a Hindu Rajput family of Sisodia clan. [4] Kumbha was a son of Rana Mokal Singh of Mewar by his wife, Sobhagya Devi, a daughter of Jaitmal Sankhla, the Paramara fief-holder of Runkot in the state of Marwar. He was the 48th Rana of Mewar and succeeded Rana Mokal Singh in the year 1433 CE as the ruler of ...