Decline of the Rajput Pratiharas

Name: Decline of the Rajput Pratiharas
Start: 1080
End: 1089

Type Event Region South Asia Time 1080–1089

In the 1080s, the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty, once rulers of much of North India, was defunct and Kanauj's hegemony gone;…

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1080–1085Kanauj · North IndiaAfter Mahmud's 10th-century expeditions and internal succession crises, the Pratihara Empire kept disintegrating. By the 1080s Kanauj was merely a symbol of local rule, unable to command the Ganges valley and Rajasthan's states; its former role as 'Guardian of North India' had ended entirely.
1085–1089Rajasthan and Malwa · RajasthanRajput clans such as the Gurjaras (Chauhans), Paramaras (Champaner), and Chahamanas each held territory, proclaimed kings, and fought and allied among themselves. Lacking a unified power, North India's frontiers were weakly defended, allowing Ghaznavid and other outside powers to keep pressing.

R.C. Majumdar, The History and Culture of the Indian People, Vol. V: The Struggle for Empire — R.C. Majumdar (1957)
Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty - Encyclopaedia Britannica https://www.britannica.com/topic/Gurjara-Pratihara-dynasty