and Ram Narayan Dugar. As the research on medieval Indian history advanced, other problems with the text's historicity became apparent, and by the late 19th century, the consensus on the historical authenticity of Prithviraj Raso had broken down. While not strictly history, the Prithviraj Raso is a source of information on the social and clan structure of the Kshattriya communities of northern India. Examples of historical inaccuracies Some examples of historical inaccuracies in Prithviraj Raso include: The text claims that Prithviraj's mother came from the Tomara family of Delhi. This is directly contradicted by the more reliable text Prithviraja Vijaya, which was composed during Prithviraj's reign. According to Prithviraja Vijaya, his mother Karpuradevi was a Kalachuri princess. The genealogy mentioned in Prithviraja Vijaya matches with the one given in the Chahamana inscriptions, and therefore, modern scholars reject the Prithviraj Raso claim. The text claims that Prithviraj's maternal grandfather Anangpal Tomar had no sons, and therefore, gave the kingdom of Delhi to Prithviraj. According to the text, Prithviraj thus became the king of Delhi even before he inherited the throne of Ajmer from his father. This is historically inaccurate, as Delhi was annexed to the Chahamana territory by Prithviraj's uncle Vigraharaja IV. Prithviraj inherited Delhi from his father Someshvara. After 1200, Ajmer's political importance had declined, and therefore, in order to present Prithviraj as an important political figure, the Prithviraj Raso presents Delhi as his capital. Earlier texts place Prithviraj in Ajmer: these texts include Sanskrit-language works such as Prithviraja Vijaya and Kharatara-gachchha-pattavali, as well as the Persian-language chronicles such as Taj al-Masir and Tabaqat-i Nasiri. The Tabaqat-i Nasiri explicitly mentions Prithviraj's feudatory Govind Rai ("Gobind Rae") as the ruler of Delhi. The long recension of the text claims that the Chaulukya king Bhima II killed Prithviraj's father Someshvara. Later, Prithviraj defeated and killed Bhima. This is known to be historically false, as the reign of Bhima lasted nearly half a century after Prithviraj's death. Also, Bhima was a baby at the time of Someshvara's death, and therefore, could not have killed him. The text claims that the Gahadavala ruler Vijayachandra defeated Bhola-Bhima of Pattanapura (Bhima II of Patan). However, Bhima II ascended the Chaulukya throne only in 1178 CE, after Vijayachandra's death. The text states that Prithviraja and princess Shashivrata fell in love after hearing about each other in the songs of a wandering bard. Shashivrata was the daughter of