History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v3.c35.s22.4

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In an inscription of Prithvirāj himself found at Madanapur and recorded by him in 1182 A. D. after defeating Paramardideva Chandella, we are told that Prithvirāj was son of Someśvara and grandson of Arṇorāja. Unfortunately, though the practice of inscriptions often is, the names of the mother of Prithvirāj and Someśvara are not given. The Rāsā makes a daughter of Anangapāla of Delli, mother of Prithvirāj; but the Hammira kāvya and Prithvirāja-Vijaya state that he was born of a Chedi Haihaya princess named Karpūradevi, which of course is the more reliable statement. Prithvirāj according to the Rāsā was born in Ananda St. 1115 or A. D. 1149 and when he died he was 43 years old, which gives correctly the year of his death viz. 1192 A. D. Tod gives the date of Prithvirāja's birth as St. 1215 or A. D. 1158 which makes his age at the time of his last battle, 34 years. Rai Bahadur Gaurishanker Ojha thinks that the date ought to be St. 1225 or A. D. 1168 which would make him 24 years old at the time of his death, which seems incredible.