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

364 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
without delay. Chakri then sent the king to a place
named Gaggaḍa in the country of the Khashas.
Thus the dethronement of Mahammada Shāha took
place.
I bow to Mahādeva who is the cause of the creation,
the preservation, and the destruction of the universe ;
who is the bridge by which to cross over our sea-like
worldly existence ; and who is in himself Brahmā, Vish-
ṇu, and Rudra ;
Kāñchana Chakra then raised the son of Mahammada
to the kingdom, and named him Ebrāhima Shāha.
He took possession of the money derived from taxes,
and with it he undertook to manage the kingdom. He
thus raised his post of minister to glory. He gave the
estates of Nāgrāma and others, which were worthy of
kings, to Tāja Chakresha, Meyyā Mera, and to his other
younger brothers.
Now in the country outside Kashmira, the angry
Mārgesha Abdāla went in search of service to Merja
Vābhora, king of Dilli, and the chief of the Muggulas.
This king of the Turushkas observed the external and the
mental emotions of the Mārgapati, heard what he had to
say of his work, and for a short time held down his head
in wonder. He understood the worth of that chief mi-
nister, and gave him one thousand valiant soldiers. In
the month of Vaishākha Chakrapati, who shone in his
own valour, heard of this news which had spread itself in
the country of Pañchamahāyana. The Chakris were in