Delhi Sultanate conquers Ranthambore

1301

Alauddin Khalji's armies stormed the great Rajput fortress perched on its mesa, ending the defiance of Hammiradeva. The sultan deployed siege engines and cutting off water supplies to break the garrison's will. The fall of Ranthambore opened Rajasthan to Delhi's tax collectors and signaled that no Hindu stronghold, however high its walls or fierce its garrison, could resist Khalji ambition indefinitely.