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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 11
the territory of Chandra, the lord of Lahara, with a
view to rise against his brother. Strange! That at this
time when the fierce Sūryya joined Chandra, this earthly
sun, together with the moon, was eclipsed like the sun in
the sky.
Tuṅga, the lord of Shamāla, proudly carried Sūryya
by his side, but the king went against him and humbl-
ed him. Sūryya then went by a road devoid of the
sun and the moon, and deserted by his dissolute attend-
ants, was captured, and caused to be killed by the
king. The sons of Kalhaṇa were evil men, they rose
in power ; and the king, who was anxions to save his
royal state, feared them as serpents. And when
the kinsmen of the sons of Kalhaṇa attained power, the
king lost all hopes and took shelter with the peaceful
lord of Rājapurī. When the king had thus retired to
a distance, the Ḍāmaras began to suck the very life-
blood of the people. Deserted by the wise king and
by Brāhmaṇas, the kingdom was for a long time de-
voured by the Ḍomvas, even like food polluted by the
touch of low people. The king was sheltered in the king-
dom of another, his own country was in anarchy, and no
one thought that his re-appearance was near at hand. He
overcame his enemies however in battle near Rājapurī,
but did not kill the sons of Kalhaṇa because they were
Brāhmaṇas ; and thus he gained his kingdom and
attained virtue. At Vijayeshvara the king built a house
named Shrivishāla, containing twenty one rooms for