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she maintained order in the kingdom, and directed public affairs 

 with cleverness and sagacity. It is said that she used to make 

 round in the city at night in disguise, in order to find out that 

 nothing marred the peace in the land. One dark night, while 

 on her usual night tour, she overheard an ascetic in a hut talking 

 to his wife, ^ The wife told him, " Chakra Rani is a brave and 

 wise woman and it is surprising that she goes about alone at 

 night in disguise like a man. Had this wife been the husband 

 and her husband the wife, she could work miracles." The 

 ascetic replied, "May it be so." At the same time Chakra 

 Rani found in herself muscular power and she came to the as- 

 cetic, beseeching him that what he had just spoken should not 

 happen. But the ascetic said that it could not be changed. 

 She then returned to the palace and found her effeminite husband 

 become more weak. Chakra Rani told him all what the ascetic 

 had said , and then the king was seized with intense grief and kept 

 himself in seclusion for one month, after which he committed 

 suicide by taking poison. Chakra Rani then clad herself like a 

 mendicant and spent her life with the ascetic by whose word 

 all that misfortune had come about. Babighana's rule lasted 

 17 years. 



47. Bh ag want— 1459-1445 B.C. 



Bhagwant, brother of Babighana, was at the instance of 

 Chakra Rani, raised to the throne. His administration was 

 good. He built three temples and died after reigning for 

 14 years. 



With Bhagwant ends the history of the remaining twelve 

 out of the 35 so-called lost kings of Kashmir. 



