Photo: Unknown scribe, original work by Kalhana · Public domainA Sanskrit mahakavya by Jayanaka, a Kashmiri poet at the court of Prithviraj Chauhan, written in the king’s lifetime.
It gives the Chahamana genealogy from Vasudeva and Ajayaraja, founder of Ajayameru (Ajmer), down to Someshvara and his son Prithviraj, and describes Prithviraj’s youth and his resolve against the Ghurid. The manuscript breaks off before the battles of Tarain.
It is the only contemporary Sanskrit account of Prithviraj, far older and more reliable than the later Prithviraj Raso.
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