Prithviraj III (1177-1192 AD), the ruler of Ajmer, is famous as 'Prithviraj Chauhan', who defeated Muhammad Ghori in the first war of Tarain in 1191 AD but in 1192 AD in the second war of Tarain, Prithviraj was defeated by Ghori.

The Pala ruler Devpala was a Buddhist. He donated five villages to build a Buddhist vihara in Nalanda at the request of Balaputradeva, the Shailendra ruler of Java.

The Tripartite Struggle for Kanauj was between the Pratiharas of Central India,
the Palas of Bengal and the Rashtrakutas of Deccan.

As all these three dynasties wanted to establish their supremacy over Kanauj and
the fertile Gangetic Valley.

The Tripartite Struggle lasted for 200 years and weakened all of them which enabled
the Turks to overthrow them.

Alha-Udal belonged to Mahoba. They were the commanders of Chandela ruler Paramardidev (Parmal) (1165–1203 AD), who attained Martyrdom in 1182 AD after resolutely facing the invasion of Prithviraj Chauhan. The description of this struggle of the Chandelas and Chauhans comes from Chandbardai's 'Prithviraj Raso' and 'Alhakhand' of Paramal Raso.

The city of Dilika (Dehli) was founded in the eighth century by Anangpal of the Tomar dynasty. In Chanderbardai's work 'Prithviraj Raso', King Anangpal of Tomar dynasty has been described as the founder of Delhi. Later the Chauhan rulers took Delhi under their control.

Jejakabhukti was the ancient name of Bundelkhand. The region was called Jejakabhukti in the name of Jai Singh or Jeja, grandson of Nannuk, the founder of the Chandela dynasty.

Chandbardai, the Hindi poet of Prithviraj’s court had written the famous poem ‘Prithviraja-raso.’

The founder of the Pala dynasty was Gopal. The Pala dynasty was a Kshatriya dynasty. 'He was a Buddhist scholar and had built a vihara in Nalanda.

Omapura Mahavihara was one of the most famous Buddhist monastic institutions of ancient Bengal. The excavated monastic complex at paharpur has been identified with the Somapura Mahavihara built by the second Pala king dharmapala (c 781-821 AD).

Nagabhatta I (725-740 A.D.)

Founder of the Pratihara dynasty with Kanauj as its capital.