Alauddin Khalji storms Ranthambore

1302

The Delhi sultan finally reduced the Chauhan fortress in Rajasthan after a year-long siege. When the outer walls breached, the Rajput women committed jauhar, burning themselves rather than face captivity. The men rode out to die fighting on open ground. Rajput resistance to the Sultanate acquired one of its founding martyrological stories, retold in bardic tradition for centuries.