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

king stationed himself near Diddāmaṭha with a view to
fight with them. At this battle of Hāṭaka, the Vitastā
flowed between the two armies stationed at Svāmipura
and at Sadāśivapura, as if it forbade the parties to
fight. The king crossed the river, fought a great battle,
and killed Habhe Chakka in the water of the Sītā river.
After a long time the chief of the Muggulas, insti-
gated by Nosmi Chakka, came with the desire to
conquer Kashmīra. His name was known to the world
as Shāha Abdolamālī. He entered Kashmīra accom-
panied by many men and surrounded by a large
army. And the king came to Parihāsapura when he
heard of his approach ; a battle was fought there with
various tactics, and the enemy's soldiers were cap-
tured, and Shāha Abdolamālī turned back his way.
Many Yavanas perished in this battle, and Yama was
pleased to receive the souls of men in the semblance of
the stream of blood. The heads of the dead men were
brought into the town from the field of battle, and the
king hung them up in the buildings of the city.
Once upon a time the king became devoid of mercy,
and cut off without delay the hand of a boy of seven years
of age who had stolen a fruit. A certain thief had once
stolen a fish belonging to some villager, and the king
forcibly took two hundred pieces of gold coin from him.
Within a short time. the king killed his youthful and
powerful son Haidara because Haidara had intended to
kill his own mother's brother; the people lamented