Jaichand

Jaichand (ruled 1173 – 1193) was a ruler of the Kannauj kingdom. At his time, the kingdom stretched from Benaras to Gaya and Patna, in the fertile area between the Yamuna and Ganges rivers. He belonged to the Gahadvala (Gaharwar) dynasty, from which descent of the Rathores of Rajasthan is sometimes traced. He was the father of Sanyogita, Prithviraj Chauhan's wife. He was defeated and killed by Muhammad Ghori at the Battle of Chandawar in 1193-94.

Sources

The most popular source about Jaichand's life is Prithviraj Raso, a semi-historical legend on the life of Prithviraj Chauhan; a similar account occurs in Ain-i-Akbari (16th century). His court poet Bhatta Kedar wrote a eulogy titled Jaichand Prakash (c. 1168) on his life, but the work is now lost. Another lost eulogy on his life is the poet Madhukar's Jaya Mayank Jas Chandrika. Other sources about his life include some accounts of the Battle of Tarain and his inscriptions. One of his inscription (c. 1170) was located at Bodhgaya.