' HISTORY OF CASHMIR. 17 



during his minority : he was named Gonerda* after his grand-father : his 

 tender years prevented him from taking any part in the war that continued 

 during his youth, to rage between the Caurava and Pandava families. 



A dark period follows the reign of this prince, and the chasm is filled by 

 a nameless troop of thirty-five kings, who deviating from the precepts of the 

 Vedas were consequently immersed in the waters of oblivion :f to them suc- 

 ceeded a monarch of some celebrity, Lava, the Loo or Laoloo of the Moham- 

 medan historians, of whom the only action recorded is the foundation of 

 the city Lolura'l, a city which, according to the extravagant accounts of 

 all parties, contained originally an incredible number of stone edifices,§ and 

 which in modern times, continued to be a celebrated and populous Tappa 

 or village. Lava is also said to have been a benefactor of the Brahmanical 

 tribe. 



Cusesaya, || the son of Lava, succeeded his father, whom he resembled in 

 conferring endowments of land upon the Brahmanical priesthood.** He was 

 followed in habits and sovereignty by his son Khagendra,-)^ of whom it is re- 

 corded that he constructed the towns Khagi and Ehanmusha.'ll Surendra,§§ 

 the son oi this prince succeeded him, and was actively employed in founding 



* Abulfazl has Bala; the designation of the infant monarch, or Bala, a child, having been 

 mistaken for his own appellation. 



f According to Bedia-ad-din they were all of the Pandava race. 



J Perhaps the Durroo or Lurroa of Forster, ii. 5. 



§ Abulfazl has 80 Crore ; the original, one Crore minus 16 Lacs or 84,00,000 : both Refiud- 

 deen and Mahommed Azim say, that Looloo or Lolot was a populous place in the Pergannah of 

 Camraj, or the western division of Cashmir. Ayeen Acberi, ii. 162. 



|| Kislm. Abulfazl, fyc. 



** The term used on these occasions is Agrahdra, which imports a portion of land, or a village, 

 given to the Brahmans, with or without a temple or dwelling. 



f 4 - Khagunder. Abulfazl. 



XI Cacapur and Gowmoha in the time of the Moharcmedan writers, 



§§ Screndair. Abulfazl, 



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