द्वितीय राजतरङ्गिणी (जोनराज - कल्हणोत्तर मध्यकालीन कश्मीर का प्रामाणिक इतिहास)

88 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
The king whose fame had extended on all sides and was
widely known, and who had subdued his enemies, built
a royal city named Siddhipurī at Siddhakshetra, in
Sureshvarī; and above the palace he built the two temples
of Mārttanḍa and Amaranātha which illumined the dis-
tant sky. In former times Suyyarāja had sought to in-
crease the prosperity of the country. Since then several
kings had passed away, but owing to the poverty of the
people's virtue, there was not the least increase; nor did
plenty put forth twigs, or flowers, or fruits by the strength
of religious penance. But owing to the purity of the
religious penance of Shrī Jainollābhadīna, prosperity was
sood attained; or how else could the prosperity be
accounted for? When the virtues of the previous kings
had worn off, they fell, but this king [so multiplied his
acts of merit] by obtaining this kingdom, as to secure
another in the next life. The land was previously de-
pendent on the rain [for its crops], but the king made
it dependent on the river; and he granted rent free lands
to Brāhmaṇas. At Barāhakshetra, Vijaya [kshetra] and
Īshānaka the great king opened houses of charity, and
thereby caused even Indra to tremble. In places, where
lands were sold, the king opened offices inorder to note
the sale on Bhūrja bark, so that the sale might not be
subsequently denied.
King Jayāpiḍa had, by the favour of the Nāgas, dis-
covered a hill of copper, and the hill yielded him that
metal as a tribute. During this reign, the earth gave