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

404 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
were drained to the mud, and hills were levelled by the
march of this army. Lines of tents were adorned with
lofty banners, and it seemed as if the tents stretched out
their necks to see the hills of Kashmīra. Such a mass
of dust was raised by the marching army as to strike
terror to the sun in the sky, even as from Rāhu. Their in-
fantry, their cavalry, and their elephants could not be
numbered, even as the dust in the road.
The soldiers, covered with dust in their long marches,
reached the Chandrabhāgā river in a few days, even as
the Chakorī reaches the moon. There the men who had
soiled themselves with the mud of tanks, washed their
clothes, drank the pure water, and enjoyed themselves
as they liked. The horses shied on the banks of the
Chandrabhāgā, being afraid to bathe, at which men who
were near them became frightened and agitated, while
those who were at a distance jested at them. An
elephant was loosened for bath, and though placed be-
hind a female elephant became struck with terror and
alarmed the men and threw them into confusion. In
a few days the army crossed the Chandrabhāgā in its
march towards Kashmīra, and reached the neighbourhood
of the mountains. The infantry felt greatly exhausted
in ascending and descending the hills, which they
did on their knees, ankles, and feet. The way over
mountains is like the way to Yama ; there are waterfalls
in some places, and in others water is scarce; in some
places exhaustion is caused by puddle, and in others