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

328 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
In the year 62 the Mārgapati heard that the Khāna
was anxious to come into Kashmīra, and he adopted a
wicked policy. He appointed Eskandharakhāna, son
of the daughter of Hājyakhāna, to the post of the lord of
Kampana, and sent him to Sthāma ; and in order to
protect himself, he gave the possessions of Masoda-
nāyaka to Yashsharājānaka, and sent him out with an
army. When the snow decreased, and with it the happi-
ness of the country decreased also, the Khāna came with
his army from Rājapurī. When the Mārgesha heard
that the Khāna had come within Bhairavagala, he went
to Sūrapura with the king, with the view to obstruct the
Khāna's way. Now the Khāna who was in a high
pass was obstructed from entering the country,
even as Rāhu is prevented for fear of the chakra from
coming in contact with its lifeless trunk. So the Khāna
went by the Pashupādiṣhṭa road as in the previous year,
and after surmounting a hill issued by the Kāchāgala in
the month of Shrāvaṇa. But the soldiers of Tājabhaṭṭa
and others came like a storm and agitated the sea like
army of the Khāna in the field of Gusikoḍḍāra. The
Khāna and his army spread alarm on all sides by the
din of the sounding kettle-drums, and agitated the city
with panic. The Mārgapati was astonished when he
heard of this, and was struck as if the Khāna had come
on his wings, and he hastened with his army and the
king to offer him battle. The Ḍāmara named Yāga, of
high rank, was like the immortal Garuḍa in valour