<P> The siege went on for nearly 8 months, which suggests that the defenders put up a strong resistance . Amir Khusrau, who accompanied Alauddin to Chittor, has described the siege in brief, in his Khaza'in ul - Futuh . However, no detailed account of the siege operations is available . Khusrau implies that the frontal attacks by the invaders failed twice . He states that during the two months of the rainy season, the defenders managed to reach the "waist" of the hill, but could not advance further . Alauddin ordered the fort to be pelted with stones from siege engines (munjaniqs), while his armoured soldiers attacked it from all sides . </P> <P> The fort garrison may have suffered from a famine or an epidemic . On 26 August 1303, Alauddin entered the fort . After his victory, Alauddin ordered a general massacre of Chittor's population . According to Amir Khusrau, 30,000 Hindus were "cut down like dry grass" as a result of this order . </P> <P> Accounts vary about what happened to Ratnasimha, the ruler of Chittor . The early Muslim chroniclers such as Amir Khusrau, Ziauddin Barani and Isami, state that the unnamed ruler ("Rai") of Chittor surrendered to Alauddin, and was pardoned . The Jain writer Kakka Suri (1336) states that Alauddin took away his wealth, and "made him move like a monkey from one city to another". </P> <P> The Kumbhalgarh prashasti (eulogistic inscription) of 1460 CE, which is the earliest Hindu record of the siege, states that Ratnasimha "departed" from the battlefield, after which Lakshmasimha died defending the fort because only the cowards forsake "the established traditions of the family", while "those who are valorous and steady do not give up their pursuit ." Modern historians have interpreted the word "departed" (tasmin gate in Sanskrit) variously, either to mean that Ratnasimha died fighting on the battlefield, or to mean that he deserted the defenders and surrendered . </P>

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