HISTORY OF CASHMIB. 59 



thers ill-gotten treasures on parasites and prostitutes, and instead of pan- A g Q ®' 

 dits and heroes, made buffoons and catamites his companions. He died 

 after a reign of twelve years, of the grossest and lowest debauchery. 



Sangramapira, his brother by another mother, the princess Calyana Devi 

 next ascended the throne: he was also known by the name of Prithivya- 

 pira; he reigned seven years.* The next monarch of Cashmir -was Chippa- 

 tajaya, a son of Lalitapira, by a prostitute, named Jaya Devi, otherwise 

 CALYAPAii, as the daughter of a Calyapala or distiller, ofAcha village : the 

 brothers of this woman had been brought to court by the king, and their 

 nephew, being yet a minor, they took the government into their own hands: 

 they were five in number, named Padma, Utpala, Calyana, Mamma, 

 and DheRma, and their ambition opens a scene of domestic discord and 

 calamity, to which we have yet been strangers in the history of Cashmir. 



The uncles of the young king divided amongst themselves the places and 

 profits of the government, and assumed the supreme authority in the king- 

 dom : the power they thus enjoyed they were not disposed to relinquish, 

 and when the young prince exhibited a disposition to assert his independ- 

 ance, they deposed and put him to death, having suffered him to enjoy a nomi- 

 nal reign of twelve years : as they were too jealous of each other to suffer the as- 

 cendancy of either, they found it expedient to raise another prince to the throne, 

 and they elevated to the titular rank of king, Tribhuvanapira, also called, 

 Ajitapira,! the grandson of Lalitaditya, and son of an elder brother of 



Ittila. (Rubbing his hand on the ground,) Lord of all time, at my just indignation, let the punish- 

 ment due to the insulter of a Brahman, fall upon this prince. 



The King. Let it fall ; why does it delay ! (The king's golden staff slips and he tumbles.) 

 The Brahman. Ha! Babbler, has it not fallen on thee!! 



* My manuscript has seven; Am'LOZLhas thirty-seven; which is an evident error as is shewn by 

 the aggregate of the reigns of the Dynasty which he calls 257 years, 5 months, and 20 days ; but which 

 according to the addition of the several dates is 287^5. There being just the thirty years too much ; 

 the names in the translated Ay. Ac. here are written successively, Lultanund, Sungramanund, Brisput. 



j- Ajeyanand. — Ay. Ac, 



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