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

tion by the instigation of wicked men, why do you not
tremble in fear of the censure of the people ? The
wishes of the king who has gone to heaven [our father]
to protect each other should be obeyed. Think of this
and turn your affection again towards me." After the
king had sent a messenger with this intimation to his
brother, he sent his son to kill the lord of Kampana.
The king's messenger was detained on the pretence
that the young prince had gone to hunt, while the
prince, whose treason had by this time become known,
went to kill his brother's son. Lakṣhmabhaṭṭa became
anxious as the messenger did not return for a long
time. He went to the king and said that, since the
messenger was delaying he feared that the king's bro-
ther was bent on rebellion, and had gone to kill the
king's son. He also said that, in order to fraustrate
the king's design, the messenger was no doubt detained
on some pretence or other, such as that the young
prince was bathing or eating or sleeping. He pro-
posed that as soon as the king's brother repaired to
ShrīDevasarasa, they should destroy Avantipura which
would then be left without any protector ; the king's
victory would then he complete. The powerful king
agreed to the proposal. He went to Avantipura with
his efficient soldiers, and besieged the town ; so that
the river Vitastā, the current of which was blocked up
by dead bodies, flowed backward, as if to inform Allesh-
vara of the slaughter of his men. Meanwhile Allesh-