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ment of public affairs to his minister, named Shashopal. At 



Khuttan 



Kash 



The Chief of 



Kashgar was killed in the battle and the possession of his country 

 was taken bv the conaueror. Thereupon Shashopal went with 



a large army to avenge the death of his master's relation and 



was met by the enemy's army near a mountain called Tong. 

 Shashopal' s troops were at the foot of the mountain and were 

 destroyed by stones rolled down by the enemy from above. 

 On hearing this news, Gopaldeva, who was already infirm-bodied, 

 became broken-hearted and shortly died of liver disease, 

 period of reign was 13 years and three months. 



His 



11. Vijayananda— 2755-2730 B.C. 



i 



Vijayananda, younger brother of Gopaldeva, now became 

 king. He, after putting the government in order, went person- 

 ally at the head of 50,000 cavalry and 100,000 infantry towards 

 Kashgar and fought a decisive battle with the Chief of Khuttan, 

 defeated him and took possession of Kashgar and Khuttan. 

 Peace was afterwards concluded, the Chief of Khuttan giving 

 him his daughter named Sumran Rani in marriage, and then 

 Vijayananda restored Khuttan to him and returned to Kashmir. 

 He maintained peace on frontiers and managed the affairs of the 

 country with justice. He built a grand temple of Vijayeshvara 

 at Bijbihara, in which he had placed a cow suspending by magic 

 power or talism. Ten lakhs of gold mohars were spent on the 

 construction of this temple. He reigned for 25 years. 



12. Sukhadeva— 2730-2686 B.C. 



Sukhadeva, son of Gopaldeva, succeeded in 2730 B.t 

 Being a pleasure-loving king he was always busy in sports and 

 merriments, having entrusted management of public affairs to 

 Rama Nanda, son of Vijayananda. As a consequence, slack- 

 ness occurred in the administration, and, by it, weakness of 



) territories belonging to the kingdom in the Punjab 

 by Chitrath, king of Delhi, and the Province of 

 Turkistan was also lost. The treasury, and with it the army 

 decreased. Rama Nanda also got disloyal and rebellious and 

 caught Sukhadeva while hunting in the mountains i - 

 nath and drowned him in the Liddar river ; and then 

 himself king of Kashmir. Sukhadeva's rule extended over 44 



power. Th 

 were seized 



declared 



years 



13. Rama Nanda- -20*6- 2629 B.C. 



* Rama Nanda sat on the throne in 208© B.C. He kepi 

 the frontiers under control; subjugated the ruler of Jainmu^ 

 and invaded Nagarkot. The peasant had to give one-fifth of 



