The rulers of the Northern part of India were called the Chauhans. Chauhan dynasty flourished from the 8th to the 12th century A.D.The Chauhans dominated Delhi ,Ajmer ,Rantambhor . They were also prominent at Sirohi in the southwest of Rajputana, and at Bundi and Kota in the east.This clan originated near Amber , which is now Jaipur in Rajasthan ,India.The Chauhan gotra is found among the Gujjars,Rajputs,Jats,Yadav and Dhangars.The Chauhans of Gurjar clans are the Manipuri in Uttar Pradesh and the Neemrana in Alwar district of Rajasthan.

Chauhan dynasties established themselves in various places in the Northern India and in the Western state of Gujarat in India .The Chauhans by winning various battles liberated themselves from the dominance of the Pratiharas in the early eleventh century.The Chauhan kingdom became the leading state and a powerful kingdom in Northern India under Prithvi raj Chauhan who was also called Rai Pithora .In 1192 Mohammed of Ghor defeated Prithviraj at the Second Battle of Tarain and with this the Chauhan kingdom collapsed .

However till 1365 Chauhans remained in Ajmer as the feudatories of Mohammed of Ghor and the Sultans of Delhi .In 1365 Ajmer was captured by the rulers of Mewar. Govinda ,who was the grandson of Prithviraj III established themselves as the rulers of Ranthambore from the thirteenth to the fifteenth century .Afterwards Ranthambore was captured by the rulers of Mewar.The Hadas ,another branch of the Chauhans moved in the Hadoti region in the twelfth century. In 1241 The Hadas captured Bundi and ruled there until the twentieth century .Hada Rajputs won Kota and ruled their till the merger of state in independent India.From the fifteenth century until India`s independence,Chauhans of the Deora branch established the state of Sirohi in southern Rajasthan . The last Chauhan king ruled in Mainpuri, a district in Uttar Pradesh of India.

The Chauhans along with the Paramara (Parmar),Ghosh Pratihara (Parihara )(Gujjar) and Solanki (Chalukya ) clans are reckoned as one of the four Agnivanshis ( fire-born`Rajput clans).It is believed that the four Agnikula or `fire sprung tribes` were created by the gods in the anali kund or `fountain fire`on Mount Abu to fight against the Asuras or demons.Chauhan is one of the thirty six royal ruling races of the Rajputs.Chauhans are found in Khurja Dasheri and Arnia in Bulandshar in Uttar Pradesh. Rajkumar and Bachgoti are the two branches of Chauhans and both have settled in Uttar Pradesh.

The religion of the Chauhans vary from region to region .In India the majority of the Chauhans are Hindus but in Punjab they are the Sikhs.In Pakistan majority of the Chauhans are predominantly Muslims.The failure of the Chauhans ushered in the Muslim rule in North India in the form of the Slave dynasty ,the first dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate.