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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 225
ther Golkhātonā was like the former queen Diddā, and
she also built a large religious edifice called the madrasā.
Accompanied by his mother's father, the king entered
the building and felt happy, and he ordered festivities
to be held at great expense for a fortnight. Even then
the king thought that the ceremony of consecration was
but half done, and was not equal to the occasion. He
built a khānagāha within the town for the benefit of his
father's soul. The king renewed the palace that had
been burnt by fire on the banks of the river at Kulod-
dharaṇanāga and made it beautiful. The old palace
on the banks of the river at Vijayesha was renewed, and
owing to its excessive brightness, it looked like the
central jewel of a necklace. The dome of the building
looked beautiful, and the umbrella over it was reflected
on the waters of the Vitastā, and it seemed as if the gods
in their gladness had thrown down a golden lotus. The
palace built by the king at Suyyapura looked graceful,
and being white-washed, seemed to laugh at the old
palace. There also he built in his own garden a royal
palace which was unique in the kingdom, and at the sight
of which surely Indra acknowledged his inferiority !
I do not describe the other buildings which the king
erected in his kingdom through fear of lengthening this
narrative. The minister Ahmada built at Diddāmaṭha
rows of buildings unmatched in beauty ; and near the
great stone wall which surrounded the court-yard of
masodāha, and beautifying it, he raised a religious edi-