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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 377

to the great grave-yard, and laid it within the ground
beside his father. What a difference there is between
a king lying on his bed soft as the moon and befit-
ting a sovereign, and one lying in deep darkness
within a hole in a gravelly ground ? That day the people
remained dumb with grief, and their sighs only were per-
ceptible. No smoke was seen rising from their houses,
for they did not cook their food that day.
Thus Mahammada Shāha ascended to heaven.
Mahammada Shāha's son whom the Mārgesha
wished to have as king, was, in the midst of applause
of all, crowned by the minister under the name of
Shamsa Shāha. All the wicked and powerful favourites of
the late king were glad to see a young sovereign begin
a new reign. Shamsa Shāha arrived at the palace,
accompanied by his younger brother, and heard the
blessings of the people on the way saying ;—"Let him
remain long in his ancestral kingdom." After the king
had seated himself firmly in the kingdom, the powerful
Kācha Chakrapati, to whom Riga Chakra had held out
some hopes, came to the city from Jainapura. When
Mārgesha Hossana saw that hero come, he joined
Utsabhaṭṭa and went to the Mārgapati at Kichāshrama.
Kācha Chakra, the destroyer of his enemies, entered the
beautiful city, and he was honored by the king with
his affection. Kāñchana Chakresha knew that his ene-
mies were at a distance, and in order to subdue them
he encamped with his army at Gardhasoḍḍāra. When