Chand Bardai was the court poet of the India

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n king Prithviraj III

Prithviraj III

Prithvi Raj III, commonly known as Prithviraj Chauhan , was a king of the Hindu Chauhan dynasty, who ruled the kingdom of Ajmer and Delhi in northern India during the latter half of the 12th century....

 Chauhan

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, who ruled Ajmer

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 and Delhi

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 from 1165 to 1192. A native of Lahore

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, Chand Bardai composed the Prithviraj Raso, an epic poem in Hindi

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 about the life of Prithviraj. A Bhatt

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 Brahman

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 of Jagati gotra, he was a worshiper of the goddess Saraswati, who gifted him with the boon of Bardai.

The Prithviraj Raso

Prithviraj Raso

The Prithviraj Raso or Prithvirajaraso is an epic poem composed by court poet, Chand Bardai, on the life of Prithviraj III, a Chauhan king who ruled Ajmer and Delhi between 1165 and 1192.Chand Bardai claimed to be contemporary of Prithviraj Chauhan.The historicity of Prithviraj Raso was proved...

was embellished with time and quite a few authors added to it.