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

408 KINGS OF KASHMÍRA.
was like heaven. All the Muggulas, who received pre-
sents of grapes from the cultivators and tasted them,
acknowledged that they were superior to the nectar from
the lips of their wives. The Muggulas adorned their
heads with flowers and saffron, and extolled their valour
over their wine.
Even the people of Kashmīra entered the service of
Haidara Chakka when they saw Kāsema under his
guidance. But when Kāsema found that Haidara Chakka
was attended by many men, he became alarmed, and
threw the Chakka into prison; whereupon the people
of Kashmīra who had followed him retired to a distant
forest. They then all united themselves together, re-
proached themselves, held a council, and resolved to
fight. Their army was full of men, but did not look
graceful without a king, even like a woman without a
husband, or like a night without the moon. Thus
thought they who had been defeated by the Yavanas,
and they promptly caused Yākobha to be brought.
Kāsema Khāna heard that Yākobha had arrived in per-
son, and he sent Momāra Khāna to vanquish him. Now
when king Yākobha heard that Momāra Khāna was
approaching, he put on his armour in order to fight a
great battle; but his ministers asked him who this
Momāra Khāna was, a servant of his servant, that he
should fight with him. Whereupon the king left Momāra
Khāna, who was stationed at Vijayeshvara, alone, and
marched towards the city by another road. At this