THE WORLD ATLAS

Realm · approximate borders · 1044–1151

Tomaras of Delhi

The Tomaras ruled Delhi and parts of Haryana from the 8th to the 12th century. Mahipala probably took Hansi and Thanesar from the Ghaznavid Mawdud in the 1040s.

The Tomara kingdom of Delhi stretched to Hansi and Thanesar; Lal Kot in Delhi was its capital from about 1052. The Chahamana Arnoraja's raid (c. 1135-1150) was not decisive; his son Vigraharaja IV took Delhi (Dhillika) and Hansi (Ashika) around 1152.

See Tomaras of Delhi on the map in 1056

On the map
1044–1151
Capital
Anangpur; Lal Kot, Delhi (from c. 1052)

Rulers named in the sources

South Asia's regional kingdoms, 1000–1550

Between the Ghaznavid raids and the Mughal conquest, South Asia was shared by dozens of regional states: the Madurai Sultanate in the Tamil country, the sultanates of Gujarat, Malwa and Khandesh, the Reddi and Velama kingdoms of Andhra, the Gajapatis of Odisha, the Rajput kingdoms of Mewar and Marwar, the Ahom, Chutia, Kamata and Tripura kingdoms of the north-east, the successors of the Chera Perumals on the Malabar coast, and the Sinhala kingdoms of Gampola, Kotte and Kandy. Few medieval sources describe frontiers.

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