Chand Bardai’s famous literary work ________, mentions Prithviraj Chauhan‘s love story and heroic deeds.

Correct — C. Prithviraj Raso is the long bardic epic attributed to Chand Bardai, remembered as the court poet of Prithviraj Chauhan of Ajmer and Delhi.

It narrates the king's campaigns and his romance with Samyogita, and it is composed in an early Braj-Rajasthani idiom, which is why it is treated as one of the earliest surviving works of the Hindi literary tradition — option (c).

Why the others are wrong

• (a)
  Rajamartanda — Rajamartanda is associated with the Paramara king Bhoja of Dhar, whose name attaches to a commentary on the Yoga Sutras. It has no link to Chand Bardai or the Chauhan court.
• (b)
  Harakeli Nataka — Harakeli Nataka is a Sanskrit play credited to Vigraharaja IV, an earlier Chahamana ruler of Shakambhari. The Chauhan connection makes it tempting, but it is not Chand Bardai's work.
• (d)
  Abhidhana Chintamani — Abhidhana Chintamani is a Sanskrit lexicon by the Jain scholar Hemachandra — a dictionary of synonyms, not a heroic poem about a king.

Medieval courts kept poets, and what this item wants is the poet-and-patron pair, not the contents of the poem.

Chand Bardai goes with Prithviraj Chauhan, the Chahamana ruler defeated by Muhammad Ghori at the second battle of Tarain in 1192.

The Raso is a bardic composition that grew by accretion over generations, so historians read it as literature and legend rather than as a chronicle of the reign.

Key facts

• Prithviraj Raso is attributed to Chand Bardai and composed in an early Braj-Rajasthani bardic idiom.
• Its subject is Prithviraj Chauhan, the Chahamana king of Ajmer and Delhi defeated at the second battle of Tarain in 1192.
• Harakeli Nataka is a Sanskrit play credited to the Chahamana ruler Vigraharaja IV.
• Abhidhana Chintamani is a Sanskrit lexicon compiled by the Jain scholar Hemachandra.

Common traps

• Reading the Raso as history, when its account of Samyogita and of the king's death is legend.
• Swapping poet and patron, and answering with the hero of the poem instead of its author.

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