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

158 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
intelligence, the king invested his country and his dress
with a peculiar beauty : the country graced by its people of
various tribes, its capital town, by its decorations, and by
its learning and its dignity ; and the dress was beauti-
fied by many circular designs, and by designs of Durgā
and of men. The country was excellent and unconquer-
able, the dress was celebrated for its silk and gracefulness,
both delighted him and both were of incomparable worth.
The silk was glittering, and the country was brightened
by festivities ; in the silk there was a good collection of
threads, in the kingdom there were good laws and
riches.
Here ends the sixth chapter named the account of
the development of the art of color and of the description
of art, of Jainarājatarangiṇī.
CHAPTER VII.
If the king be liberal, the people display their song
and dance ; if the clouds pour water in the rainy season,
the chātaka birds dance with joy and become pleasing to
men. At this time there came to the king, who was
renowned for his gifts, a Yavana from Uttarapatha, he
knew the art of walking over a rope, and the king, accom-
panied by his family, came on one occasion to Viṃsha-
prastha to see this feat. The man made himself ready
to display his art, and stretched a long rope on two
high pillars that stood at an interval of one hundred