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INTRODUCTION.
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S'akas and, Darads and afterwards an expedition as far as the
Ganga. He visited also, with his host and his barem the shores
of the sacred Lake Mânasa. He ruled over Champâ, Dárvabhi-
sâra, Trigarta and the dwelling of king Bhartula. He endowed
Agraharas in Vijayakshetra and built a Matha on an island in
the Vitasta. I
His queen was Subhatd, pre-eminent for wisdom and piety.
"Neither Kayasths expert in crooked writings, nor parasites
skilled in subtle flattery, nor bards excelling in open praises,
were allowed to plunder her; fortune, eager, as it were, to ex-
piate her fickleness, went from her hands solely to the houses
of Gods aud Brahmans." She built a college, called after her
own name, and a temple of S'iva on the Vitasta 2
Her brother Kshitipati, lord of Lohara was a great warrior,
a patron of poets equal in fame to Bhoja, a clever logician and
a liberal protector of Pandits. He overcame the prowess of
Rajapuri. He associated with Vairagis and became a devotee
of Vishnu.3
The son of Subhata and Ananta was king Kalas'a. He visited
on his roving expeditions Lake Achchhoda and, "wandering over
the plains marked by the hoofs of Indrayudha, he silenced the
attendants of Kâdambari, who sung the praises of Chandrapîḍa.”4
He marched to Mount Kailasa and penetrated to the town of the
Yakslias, whence returning he brought golden lotuses with him
from Lake Mânasa. On fleet coursers he crossed the sandy desert
1 XVIII. 33-39; compare Rajatar. VII. 135-435.
2 XVIII. 40-46. Rajatar. VII. 152,180, seqq.
3 XVIII. 47-50. Rajatar. VII. 251-259.
4 This passage is interesting as it contains an allusion to Bana's
Kadambari, the scene of which is laid in the Himalaya. Bilhana
apparently means to say that Kalas'a's beauty and bravery made the
nymphs forget Chandrapide, the loyer of Kadambari.