The first copper plate inscription with Gurjar vansh (गुर्जर नृपति वंश) mentioned is that of Dadda from Nandipur, Broach. They are considered related to the later Padihar Rajputs.
As to the Chauhans - their first inscription is also from the
Gurjjar region.
Later it appears that one section of the Chauhans moved east from Yoginipur (part of modern Delhi, near the Yamuna) after their defeat by the Ghur/Soor [referred to as Yavan यवनेशमहान्तिके who occupied the banks of the Yamuna यमुनातीर]. This group is also being referred to as of the गुर्जर वंश origin (संभवः).
योगिनीपुरमध्ये च यमुनायाश सनिधी ।
नीलकंठीडिजवरी
गुर्जरवंशसंभवः । ...
एकदा
यमुनातीर यवनेशमहान्तिके ।
It appears possible to me that this branch was related to Gobind Rai [considered to be a brother of Pithora Rai of Ajmer]. The whole region was in a flux at that time, so we hardly get any clear account.
The Ghurid version from Tabakat-i-Nasiri by Minhaj-i-Siraj circa 1250 AD:
https://books.google.com/books?id=icgNAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA295
"Ráí Kolah Pithaurá came up against the fort, and the Sultán returned and faced him at Naráin.3 All the Ráís of Hindustan were with the Ráí Kolah. The battle was formed and the Sultán, seizing a lance, made a rush upon the elephant which carried Gobind Ráí of Dehli. The latter advanced to meet him in front of the battle, and then the Sultán, who was a second Rustam, and the Lion of the Age, drove his lance into the mouth of the Rái and knocked two of the accursed wretch's teeth down his throat. The Ráí, on the other hand, returned the blow and inflicted a severe wound on the arm of his adversary. The Sultán reined back his horse and turned aside, and the pain of the wound was so insufferable that he could not support himself on horseback. The Musulman army gave way and could not be controlled. The Sultán was just falling when a sharp and brave young Khilji recognized him, jumped upon the horse behind him, and clasping him round the bosom, spurred on the horse and bore him from the midst of the fight ...
Next year the Sultán assembled another army, and advanced to Hindustán to avenge his defeat ...
Pithaurá alighted from his elephant, mounted a horse, and galloped off, but he was captured near Sarsutí, and sent to hell. Gobind Ráí, of Dehli, was killed in the battle, and the Sultán recognized his head by the two teeth which he had broken. The capital, Ajmír, and all the Siwálik hills, Hánsí, Sarsuti, and other districts were the results of this victory, which was gained in the year 588 4. (1192 A.D.) ...
In the following year he captured the fort of Kol. The Sultán came back from Ghazní in the year 590 (1193 A.D.), by way of Benares and Kanauj, defeated Ráí Jai Chandar, in the neighbourhood of Chandawah, and captured over 300 elephants in the battle."
Originally Posted by surasena
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