पृथ्वीराजविजय महाकाव्यम् (कवि जयानक - अजमेर चौहान साम्राज्य एवं सम्राट् पृथ्वीराज इतिहास)

4 Chauhānas of Rajputana. Dr. Bühler says, "His (author's) account of the Chauhānas contradicts Chanda's in every particular and agrees with that of the inscrip- tions of V. S. 1030 and 1226. Pṛithvīrāja's pedigree is exactly that given in these documents, and various synchronistic facts mentioned in the Vijaya also agree with what we know from other sources, e.g. the Malwa and the Gujrat inscriptions."¹ Thus evidently in other respects as well the work is worthy of credence. An article by my friend, Diwan Bahadur Har Bilas Sarda, who secured for me an exact copy of the Ms. from the library of the Deccan College, Poona, on which the present edition is based, gives a summary of the contents of this work in the Journal of the *Royal Asiatic Society.*² We find here a reliable genealogy and a short account of Pṛithvīrāja's ancestors beginning with Vāsudeva. Its value for the history of the period from the middle of the eighth century A. D. to the end of the twelfth century A. D. is thus very great. On account of its great importance, it was felt that a critical edition of the present text—defective and incomplete though the Ms. is—was highly desirable for the students of the history of Rajputana. As said above, an attempt is here made to restore the text, wherever possible, with the help of the commentary. Restored portions have been printed in rectangular brackets or in the foot-notes. Amendations of the text and the commentary have also been attempted, wherever possible, in the notes. It is hoped that students of the history of India, particularly that of Rajputana, would find this work useful in their studies and welcome its appearance. Ajmer, October 10, 1940. Gaurishankar H. Ojha (1) Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, April and May, 1893, p. 94. (2) April 1913, pp. 259-281.