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

348 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
was born of Hosana Chakra who was the cause of the
battle in Kramarājya, even as Rāma was born of
Dasharatha.
The king's mind was turned to virtuous deeds owing
to return of virtue in the people, or perhaps because
the king knew that he was to remain in the kingdom
for a short time only. He kept his actions under control
as if he were a servant. He prohibited the execution
of the inscriptions on copper plates. He ordered the
bones of the Hindus who had been dead to be collected
and taken to the Ganges, so that the outrages of the
mlechchhas on them might be prevented. The people
had deposited the bones in the Ganges and were
returning when they were suddenly overtaken by storm
and rain on the way, and they perished to the number of
ten thousand. But I think that the river Ganges was
oppressed with hunger, and as it was after a long time
that she had devoured bones, she surely devoured the
the men also who had carried the bones. Those who
had recourse to their legs escaped with but little of their
life left in them ; they reached home, but perished
through the influence of fate.
In the autumn of the year 91 the Mārgapati again
came from Vāngila accompanied by Mahmadashāhi.
Phatāhashāha with his army stationed himself at the
village of Vāngila, and his troops marched out to fight
with the powerful enemy. The virtuous son of the
Mārgesha was the leader of the army, and while fighting