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

370 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
Kudvadīna found the beautiful capital empty, and in
anger set fire to the houses and the palace. The warriors
now came out of their forts with a view to fight with
the Turuṣhkas, and they willingly sold their lives, and
they all obtained fame. The cruel Turuṣhkas, the des-
troyers of the Juluchyas, killed thousands of people in
villages, in the capital, and in the kingdom. Then the
Kashmīrian warriors,—the Mārgeshas and the Chakrīs,
made peace among themselves, and drove the Turṣhkas
away, even as the sun's rays drive away darkness.
Thus the ravages of the Turuṣhkas took place.
The warriors now relieved of their desperate task
lived in their own homes. Kācha Chakra was afraid of
the coldness shown by the Mārgeshas towards him, and
he went out of the country. He came again from
Shūrapura, in the summer of the year 8, but finding
that his force would meet with resistance, he went out
in the same manner as he had come.
In the month of Agrahāyaṇa in autumn, Meroja
Haidara and other leaders of Kāskāra* troops of king
Shrī Saida Khāna, came to this country with twelve
thousand cavalry in order to subdue the people of
Kashmīra, even as the hawk comes to prey upon other
birds. They came from Koṭa to Gagana hill, and thence
they entered the capital. The good people were distressd
when they heard of this news; they considered the
ravages of the Kāskāras as being of greater magnitude.

• The country which lies between Chitral and Kaffristhan.