Article ‘Ghazni’s best keep secret

Originally posted by: meghaparti

yah ayesha tootally agreed with u on this 😃

Originally posted by: pen_786

Excellent Article 'Ghazni's best keep secret',on Prithviraj in Afghanistan

Author of the Article 'Ghazni's best kept secret' S.C. Sharma.


This book throws light on the fact of a debated incident in history. He is witness to Prithviraj Chauhan grave being regularly subjected to indignity. His book has stated the incident which he himself experienced in Afghanistan along with evidence.This has put to rest the various speculatons and stories that have been fasely spread after the death of Prithviraj Chauhan.

Friends a part of the content of the article has been put down below. Please read, its very important and a must read.


In the course of his many abortive forays into India, Mohammad
Ghori is said to have been captured once by the forces of Delhi.
But Prithviraj Chauhan, king of Delhi, magnanimously let him off.
Legend has it - and it is widely believed in India - that when
Ghori eventually succeeded in defeating Prithviraj Chauhan at the
Second Battle of Tarain in 1192, he blinded him and took him in
chains to Afghanistan along with his friend, the poet
Chandravardai.

Ghori held a grand durbar to celebrate his victory. His prize
catch, the king of Delhi, blind and a prisoner, was paraded and
publicly humiliated. Deeply incensed by the treatment meted out
to his monarch, Chandravardai took refuge to a subterfuge. He
announced that though completely blind, Prithviraj could still
hit a target guided solely by sound, and he asked for permission
for this feat to be performed.

Prithviraj Chauhan was handed a bow and arrow, and Chandravardai
sang a now-famous verse which told him of the elevation and
distance to Ghori's throne. And thus, guided solely by sound,
Prithviraj shot his arrow through Ghori.

The legend may not be entirely true, but it would be absolutely
accurate to say that even after eight centuries have elapsed,
Prithviraj is regularly subjected to indignity in the land where
he was taken as a captive. I have seen it at first hand.

Many years ago, while travelling by jeep from Kandahar to Kabul,
I had to make a night halt en route at Ghazni. At the hotel, I
learned that there was a grand mausoleum over the tomb of Sultan
Mahmud Ghaznavi near the town, and I determined to see it. A few
extra Afghanis (the local currency) helped my driver to
comprehend the necessity of making a small detour the next
morning.

The mausoleum was indeed grand -judging by local standards - with
a high, arched doorway like the Buland Darwaza. lie tomb proper
was in a cellar about four or five feet be low ground-level. It
intrigued me considerably to note that there were no steps
leading down into the tomb. Instead, a metal chain hung from the
ceiling of the cellar. I was told that I would have to hold the
chain and jump down.

I asked for the reason for this peculiar method of entry. The
caretaker was evasive at first. But after much persuasion, he
disclosed that there was another tomb at the exact spot where you
jumped down. There, the infidel king of Delhi, Prithviraj
Chauhan, lay buried.

Title: Ghazni's best-kept secret
Author: S.C. Sharma
Publication: The Indian Express
Date: April 25, 1998

Caution forum members. There is this particular forum member called Prithviraj, I have read all his post. They are completely cheap, ,vulgar and baseless. He is taking lots of efforts to spread dirty things to tarnish Indian history. The people who don't agree with him, he calls them uneducated or an idiot. This speaks volumes about who is an idiot. He had even called the Author of the article Ghazni's best kept secret a confused person, because he has produced the truth along with proof. How can he call Mrs. Sharma a highly credential and respected person to be stupid? Just because he does not agree to the vulgar nonsense he is repeatedly stating. This member is mentally sick.




i hope you all get it

thhxx....i had read dis b4...

http://blogs.ibibo.com/sweetboy/Prithviraj-chauhan---Biograp hy---rAJPUT.html

here is sumthin else tht i found on da net....

After becoming the king of Ajmer, Prithviraj heard the court poet describe the unmatched beauty of a lady. Immensely impressed, he soon found out that the beauty described was Sanyogita, the daughter of the Jai Chandra, King of Kannauj. He disguised himself and went to see her. They had met before on the yatra to Koteshwar Mandir. At that time, Prithviraj disguised himself as Surya and princess Sanyogita under the name of Nandini. Though whenever they met, a fight used to always used to break out between them. They're relation was like Krishna and Radha. Meanwhile Sanyogita too had heard tales of Prithviraj's courage and valour and was smitten. When she finally saw an attractive painting of Prithviraj Chauhan, she knew in her heart that she would marry him. She met the King in disguise and they fell in love. Suspecting the relationship between the two of them, Jaichand decided to organize a swayamvara in all pomp and splendour for his daughter. He called many princes worthy of his daughter, from all across the country. However Prithviraj wasn't invited. Jaichand despised Prithviraj as the latter had been chosen by Anangpal to be the heir to the throne of Delhi.: So, to humiliate Prithviraj, Jaichand erected his statue, dressed and bent as a dwaarpal at the gateway to the swayamvar. However, at the time of the swayamvar, Sanyogita passed all the eligible princes and finally garlanded Prithviraj's statue. At that moment, Prithviraj stepped out and whisked his beloved away! It is believed that after Sanyogita's haran, Prithviraj was presented with a special, magical bow and arrow.

Originally posted by: Silver Screen

ayesha thanx a ton for this info. and i am so sad to know that about prithviraj 😭 😭
and about whom is that small note written in the end? is it Chahamana??? 😕