चार बांस चौबीस गज, आंगल अष्ट परवान, ता ऊपर सुल्तान है, अब न चूक चौहान

चार बांस चौबीस गज, आंगल अष्ट परवान, ता ऊपर सुल्तान है, अब न चूक चौहान

A small story
Chand Bardai was the court poet of Prithvi Raj Chauhan. In the second battle of Tarain in 1192 A.D.,Prithviraj lost and was taken to Afghanistan by Mohammad Ghori.Chand Bardai accompanied him.There Ghori blinded Prithviraj Chauhan as he refused to lower his eyes in front of Ghori. One day, in Ghori's court, Prithviraj was asked to show his prowess in archery, wherein he could aim and shoot just by hearing the sound. ( also known as शॿद भेदी बाण). Chandbhardai said, "A king, though as a prisoner, can receive command only from a king. So it would be an honour if you command Him to shoot". Then he recites few verses of poetry, few of those lines were,"चार बांस चौबीस गज, आंगल अष्ट परवान, ता ऊपर सुल्तान है, अब न चूक चौहान". Chaar baans meant four bamboo stick, chaubis guz is approximately 24 yards, aangal asht praval meant eight fingers width. All this combined gave the exact location of Ghori sitting on his throne i.e. 4 bamboos stick high, 24 yards away and exactly eight fingers up "Go ahead O Chauhan and don't miss the aim". That's how PrithviRaj killed Ghori in his court. Prithviraj and Chand bardai apparently stabbed each other.