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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 381
there occurred an earthquake at the second watch of
night when all men were asleep, and it destroyed
many people. It caused holes in the ground, and
travellers going on their way were misled at every step.
Houses fell into these holes at night and the people,
anxious to get out from their houses in the morning,
issued by breaking through the roof. On this occasion
many wooden houses fell into the water of the Vitastā,
and when they had floated down for seven kroshas,
the people who were in them awoke and came out.
The confusion caused by the earthquake in the two
towns of Hasainapura and Hosainapura, situated at
some distance across the river, can be seen even to
this day. Pitiable cries of lamentation of the much
afflicted people were then heard calling out "O
father !" "O mother !" "O friend !" "O brother !" in
different places, which made the heart feel as if it
were struck by a thunder bolt. At this time the sky
appeared terrible with claps of thunder, the movements
of the stars were stopped, and the land was agitated
like a gourd on the waves. The mind of the people be-
came troubled with the fear of the earthquake, and
they felt no affection for sons or friends or wives or for
good men or for kind hearted people or for any object
whatever. It was owing to the glory of the holy shrines
of Vijayeshvara, Mārttaṇḍa, and Varāhakṣhetra, that
fears and apprehensions from earthquake were not felt
by the inhabitants of these places. The earthquake