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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 279
They who were on the left side of the river collected
all the boats, and those from the bridge of boats at
Maḍavarājya, and used them for their own benefit.
A fowler named Deva was the head of the boatmen ;
he brought about an engagement of boats on the river
and thereby caused the death to many good soldiers.
Upon this, the Saidas sent some new fowlers, who lived
on the shore of the Dulla lake, with boats, to fight with
those who were at Nandapura. But Meyā Vahāka the
superintendent of the town believed two or three of
those men to be thieves and impaled them ; and when
the fact was made known by beat of drum from Samudra
maṭha, the fear of the people of the town on account of
thieves abated.
When the bridge of boats was destroyed, the town
became like a fortification unapproachable by the enemies.
But the Saidas fearing an attack from the temple of
Skanda excavated a moat measuring five cubits in width
in the vicinity of the yard of the temple. Another
similar moat was excavated near the gate where
Rājānaka was besieged, in order to guard against attack
from the enemies. The servants of the Saidas plundered
the houses of their opponents and robbed them of
their riches, and caused a terror among the
subjects by killing cows. The houses of the enemies
were broken into and plundered, and with the wood
obtained from them, as with fuel from Rudravana, they
set fire to Diddā maṭha. The Saidas through their