After the fall of the Guptas in the 6th century, India again got divided politically into South India and North India. At that time, the
Pratihars who later came to be known as
Rajputs were the preeminent power in the North and Western India. They stopped Arabs at the
Rajastan border and Arabs were routed by the Rajput King
Bappa Rawal in the 8th century. From then, for the next
four centuries, the history of North and Western India was the history of Rajputs- of Gahadvalas, of Chandels, of Tomars, and of Chauhans. But, after the
Second Battle of Tarain, Rajputs lost their control on the
Gangetic plane though they controlled the
western part.
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