1. The yadavas
This was a well-known dynasty of Maharashtra. In the beginning, Chandwad in
Nashik district was the principal seat of the Yadavas.
The Yadav king Seunchandra shifted the capital to Sinnar. In the Twelfth
century, Bhillam V took the capital to Deogiri near Aurangabad. There , he had himself
crowned.
Singhan II of the Yadav dynasty was the most capable of Yadava rulers.He established
his rule over Malwa, Karnataka and almost the whole of Maharashtra.
In the thirteenth century AD, Ramchandradeo was the ruler of Deogiri when Alauddin
Khalji invaded it. Alauddin defeated him. The Yadav Power began to decline and soon
came to an end.
4. The power of the Pratiharas of Avanti declined in the eleventh century AD.
Chandradeo was the founder of the Gohadwal dynasty. Their capital was
Kanauj.
Govindchandra was a capable king of the Gahadwal dynasty. He annexed
Bengal , Magadha and east Malwa to his kingdom.Muhammad Ghuri of Ghazni
put an end to the Gahadwal rule.
Krishnaraj was the founder of the Parmar dynasty. Dhar in Malwa was the
capital of the Parmars.
The most and important and capable kmg of this dynasty was Bhoja.
5. The Chauhans ruled the region north of Rajasthan, Prithviraj Chauhan III, who
belonged to the Chauhan dynasty, was a valiant king, In the battle of Tarai in AD
1191, he defeated Muhammad Ghuri.
The Gahadwal king Jaychand Rathod of Kanauj had a strained relationship with
Prithviraj.
In the year after the battle of Tarai Muhammad Ghuri launched a campaign against
Prithviraj.
At that time Prithviraj asked Jaychand for help but he did not help him. Muhammad
Ghuri defeated Prithviraj and conquered Ajmer and later he invaded Kanauj and killed
Jaychand.