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

150 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
Yudhiṣhṭhira, sent to Khalashya, among other things, a
beautiful poem composed by himself in his own language.
Khalashya was not so gratified with the invaluable pre-
sents sent to him as with the poem ornate and beautiful
in its arrangement of words and meanings. The king of
Kumbha presented to the monarch a cloth named Nārī.
kuñjara and gratified the heart of his excellent queen.
Tugaraseha, the beloved king of Gopālapura, presented
to the monarch, for the festival of music, a book named
Sangītachūḍāmaṇi, comprising rules of singing, of fine
arts and acting, and also containing the best songs.
When that king Tugaraseha died, his fame was as widely
extended as the sea, and his son retained, like his father,
the good will of the monarch by sending him presents.
The lord of Maṇḍalika, who was the superintendent of the
capital, was pleased with the monarch and sent him a
handsome horse, and also muchukunda birds beautiful
in the variety of their colors and charming in their eyes.
Valluka, the king of Ḍilli, though blood thirsty and
restless in his work of destruction, was nevertheless bound
to the monarch like a tame deer on account of his virtue.
Some one presented this great monarch with a pair of
swans, and other swans were born of them, and the mighty
monarch was pleased. They floated in a line on the lake
without fear, and looked like white lotuses agitated by
the waves. The king of Khurāsāna was the lord of
horses ; his order was held on the head by the kings of
the countries around, like a garland of mandāra flowers ;