The Vedic hero Trita Āptya assisted by Vṛtrahan Indra kiIIs the three-headed, six-eyed, three-mouthed monster named Viśvarūpa (sometimes a serpent or boar). In Avestan, Thraētaona Āthwiya with the help of Verethragna kiIIs the three-eyed, six-eyed, three-mouthed serpent Dahāka.
This ancient Indo-Iranian myth is retold in Shāhnāmah, as the hero Fereydun slays Zahhāk or Azhi-Dahāka (an evil king sporting two black snakes that grew out of his shoulders instead of being a serpent/dragon).
Reading this, something occured to me that —
Reading this, something occured to me that —
The court genealogists of Ghurids traced the dynasty back to Zahāk, while some plates of Chauhan Rajputs describe them as being descended from Indra (or his eyes). So, if the claims taken literally, they would represent Ghurid-Chauhan war as continuation of an ancient IIr myth.
The first battle of Tarain, with Prithviraja's victory perfectly aligned with the myth, but his defeat at the second battle disturbing the cosmic balance and thus unleashing all kinds of devastation onto Northern India.
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