TNPSC Thervupettagam

Tomar king Anangpal II

March 24 , 2021 1347 days 1223 0
  • The government has recently formed a committee to popularise the legacy of 11th-century Tomar king, Anangpal II.
  • Anangpal II was belonged to the Tomar dynasty.
  • They ruled parts of present-day Delhi and Haryana between the 8th and 12th centuries.
  • Anangpal Tomar II was succeeded by his grandson Prithviraj Chauhan.
  • Chauhan was defeated by the Ghurid forces in the Battle of Tarain (present-day Haryana).
  • After that war the Delhi Sultanate was established in 1192.
  • The Tomar dynasty shifted its capital in the 8th century), to Dhillikapuri (Delhi) during the reign of Anangpal II.
  • He gave Delhi its present name.

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