The First Battle of Tarain was fought between which of the following rulers?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Prithviraj Chauhan and Muhammad Ghori
The First Battle of Tarain (1191) was fought near Thanesar in present-day Haryana between Prithviraj Chauhan, the Chahamana ruler of Ajmer and Delhi, and the invader Muhammad Ghori. Prithviraj won, and Ghori was wounded and driven back.
Ghori returned the next year and defeated Prithviraj in the Second Battle of Tarain (1192), which opened North India to Turkish rule and led to the Delhi Sultanate.