Kalinjar Campaign (1019–1023)
| Part of | The Resistance Chronicle — Age I · the Ghazni ledger |
|---|---|
| Dates | 1019; 1022–23 |
| Place | Bundelkhand — the forts of Gwalior and Kalinjar |
| Belligerents | Ghaznavids — Chandelas (with the Kachchhapaghatas) |
| Commanders | Mahmud of Ghazni — Vidyadhara Chandela |
| Outcome | Indecisive (1019); settlement with tribute (1022–23) — the fort never fell |
| Prelude | The coalition’s punishment of Rajyapala (Dubkund inscription) |
The Kalinjar campaign (1019–1023) set Mahmud against Vidyadhara — by contemporary reckoning the most powerful king in India, enforcer of the no-submission norm, and master of the one great fort of the plains Mahmud never took. This page is a placeholder of The Resistance Chronicle (Age I); its sections will be filled under the founder's direction, to the wing's rules: verdict, meaning for India, sources labelled.
Background — Mathura, Kannauj and the punishment of Rajyapala
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The confrontation of 1019 — the host that decamped
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The siege of 1022–23 — tribute and the poem
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Verdict
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What it meant for India
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Sources — labelled
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