[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Vernacular Literatures](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular) › [Early Hindi literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi) › [Bardic epics (rāso)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso) › Prithviraj Raso # Prithviraj Raso (Pṛthvīrāj Rāso) पृथ्वीराज रासो Epic on Pṛthvīrāja III Cāhamāna of Delhi and Ajmer and his wars with Jayacandra and Muhammad Ghūrī, ascribed to his court poet Cand Bardāī; survives in four recensions of very different length. - **Language:** Hindi - **Date:** 1400–1700 CE - **Author:** [Cand Bardāī](https://indike.org/pramana/person/cand-bardai) - **Place:** Rajasthan - **Extent:** 42,696 words - **Text:** complete digital text ## Recensions and editions (4) - [Bṛhat (long) recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso*brhat) — Hindi, not yet digitised - [Madhyama (middle) recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso*madhyama) — Hindi, not yet digitised - [Laghu (short) recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso*laghu) — Hindi, not yet digitised - [Laghutama (shortest) recension](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso*laghutama) — Hindi, not yet digitised ## Texts within (1) - [Revatat samay (Revātaṭ samay)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso.revatat) — Hindi; 1475–1650 CE ## Versions and retellings - [Saṃyogitāsvayaṃvara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.novels.arvacina.samyogitasvayamvara) ## Parallel to - [Ālhakhaṇḍ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.alhakhand) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.hindi.raso.prthviraj_raso) · Pramāṇa