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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 351
greatly elated, and re-entered Kashmīra with the army
of the lord of Gaja. As the powerful elephants, the
gifts of the lord of Gaja, ascended the mountains on
the way, they appeared as moving hills to the soldiers.
The people's cry of victory for the king was redoubled
by the neighing of horses, the grunting of elephants,
by the noise caused by the flapping of the elephants'
ears, and by the sound of drums. Victory be to the great
and the wise king, who is like Balarāma renowned for
the strength of his arm, the beautiful, the merciful, and
graceful as the letters of his name. Glorious on account
of his powers, prosperous among his countrymen, poss-
essor of extensive territory, his countenance is like
the sun, and who by the administration of justice
raised the people of Kashmīra, who had before been
oppressed by injustice. Let victory always attend Mereja
Haidhara Mahammada, who, like Nausharavana, is wise
in speech, and who was born on earth to perpetuate the
works of former kings which had for a long time lain in
a delapidated condition at Satīsara.
The king imprisoned Rājāna Shṛiṅgāra, and thought
of turning out Abdāla Mārgapati from his post of
minister. The powerful Chakresha Kāñchana accepted
the post of the chief minister, by his orders, though
Ālemera and others had asked the king for it. Having
appointed ministers for the administration of the king-
dom the king felt himself free. He divided the people
who lived in forest into different sections, and went out