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

KINGS OF KASHMÍRA. 25
sury, making them into a crown and necklace for the
deity.
At this time the proud Achala, whom the lord of
Mugdhapura had supplied with soldiers, forcibly enter-
ed Kashmīra, like another Ḍalcha. Achala attacked
the country and filled all sides with his partisans, but
the king did not deal with him as Indra dealt with the
mountain (achala) which harassed the world with its wings.
When the army of Achala reached Bhīmānaka, the king
was humbled and speedily fled to the country of the
Bhoṭṭas. Then ShrīKoṭā sent a letter to Achala through
the ministers stating that, as the country was without a
king, he might govern the kingdom as if he were the
head of the dynasty, and asking him to send away
the soldiers who were not his own, and not to harass
the country needlessly. Achala was deceived, and he
sent away the army of his ally. The foolish Achala who
had sent away his army was then detained by the ministers
on pretence of celebration of festivities in the way. In
the meantime queen ShrīKoṭā set up one Riñchana,
a Bhoṭṭa, as king, with a view to protect her subjects
in the capital. All the friends of Achala sorrowed for
a long time over his want of sense, as a widow sorrows
over the death of her child born after her husband's
death. The fear of king Udayanadeva now abated ;
he spent a day in the worship of Tuṣhāraliṅga and
returned to his own country from the country of the
Bhoṭṭas. The king destroyed Riñchana in the capital ;
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