not follow the storyline of the Prithviraj Raso. For example, the 15th century text Hammira Mahakavya, which appears to have been written for a Chauhan patron, does not mention the heroic episodes contained in the Prithviraj Raso. If such episodes were known during the 15th century, the author of Hammira Mahakavya would not have failed to mention them. This suggests that the Prithiviraj Raso narratives did not exist in the 15th century in oral form, as speculated by some writers. Recensions The oldest extant recension of Prithviraj Raso is from the 16th century. It exists in form a manuscript copied in 1610, for a grandson of Kalyanmal, the Rathore ruler of Bikaner. Scholars, such as Cynthia Talbot, Narottamdas Swami and Namwar Singh date the text to the 16th century, during the reign of Akbar. However Rima Hooja and other scholars of Rajasthan claims the core to have been written in Lata Apabhramsha (also called Latiya Apabhramsha) language and style typical of 12th and 13th centuries. Since the 16th century, the size of the text has expanded greatly because of several interpolations and additions, resulting in multiple recensions. Only a small portion of the existing recensions is likely to have been part of the original version. A small 1300-stanza manuscript in Bikaner is closest to the original text. The longest available version is the Udaipur (Mewar) manuscript, which is an epic with 16,306 stanzas. Modern scholars categorize the various recensions of Prithviraj Raso into four broad categories, represented by the following editions: Shortest () recension Edited by Rajmal Bora, titled Candvardāīkṛt Prithīrājrāsau Known from 2 manuscripts The earliest manuscript is dated 1610, and was discovered at the Dharanojwali village of Gujarat; the other is dated 1640 (Samvat 1697) Short () recension Edited by Mataprasad Gupta, titled Pṛthvīrāj Rāsau Known from 5 manuscripts The oldest manuscript is dated 1613 Medium () recension Edited by Kavirav Mohansimha, titled Pṛthvīrāj Rāso Known from 11 manuscripts The oldest manuscript is dated 1635 Long () recension Edited by Mohanlal Vishnu Pandya and Shyamsundar Das, titled Pṛthvīrāj Rāso Developed under the patronage of the Mewar court in late 17th century The most popular and the first printed version of the text is based on a 1703 manuscript commissioned by Amar Singh II in 1703 Several manuscripts deviate from these editions. For example, some manuscripts of the medium recension omit the episode of Prithviraj killing the Ghurid Sultan.