Defeat and Death of Jaipal

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1. 1001Peshawar · PakistanJaipal personally led 12,000 cavalry, 30,000 infantry, and about 300 war elephants against Mahmud. Though outnumbering the enemy, the Indian army was broken by repeated Ghaznavid cavalry charges until noon; between 5,000 and 15,000 fell, and Jaipal himself and fifteen relatives were captured.
2. 1001Outer port (Waihind) · PunjabMahmud advanced on the Shahi capital's outer port, and the Indian army was defeated again. The two sides negotiated peace: Jaipal ceded territory east of the Indus, paid a ransom of 250,000 dinars and fifty war elephants, and Mahmud released Jaipal and his relatives. According to al-Utbi, many civilians were taken as slaves during this expedition.
3. 1002Kingdom of the Indian Shahi · IndiaUnable to bear the shame of defeat, Jaipal abdicated the throne to his son Anandpal, then climbed a funeral pyre he had built and burned himself to death. The Indian Shahi dynasty thereby lost its northwestern bulwark, and Anandpal, after succeeding, remained powerless to withstand Ghaznavid attacks.