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

Vitastā, seemed as if they were fleeing into the nether
world, alarmed at the defeat of Mahmada. The king re-
treated by the difficult and inaccessible road leading to
the country of the Khasha people, after having enjoyed
the kingdom for two months and a half.
King Yosobha fled in haste when Momāra Khāna
obtained the kingdom, so flies the moon when the sun
rises in the morning. He went to obtain a shelter at the
feet of king Jyallāladīna [Akbar] who was the ruler of the
whole world. Mutual enmity gradually arose among the
men of Momāra Khāna, even as the forest fire arises by
mutual friction. Momāra Khāna was imprisoned by
his opponents, after he had enjoyed the kingdom for
one and a fourth of a month ; and he lived in a
temple.
Chakka Haidara and others defeated Momāra
Khāna and set up Lahvara Chakka to the throne.
The villagers, during the reign of this king, suffered from
the depredations caused by lions on all sides. Men in
every village who went out of their house at night were
killed by lions which were like devouring goblins.
Now king Yosobha was happy to see the feet of king
Jyallāladīna, and returned to Kashmīra after a year.
He took shelter in the village of Svayyapura, even as the
sun takes his rest on the eastern hill. This village was
difficult of access owing to the water of the Vitastā.
King Lahvara then issued out of the city, accom-
panied by many men, even as a lion issues out of the
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