"It was perhaps owing to the sins of the subjects that the king had a fondness for the Yavanas, even as a boy has a fondness for mud. Many Yavanas left other sovereigns and took shelter under this king who was renowned for charity, even as bees leave the flowers and settle on elephants. As the bright moon is among the stars, so was Mahammada of Mera country among these Yavanas; and although be was a boy, he became their chief by learning. The king waited on him daily, humble as a servant, and like a student he daily took his lessons from him. He placed Mahammada before him, and was attentive to him like a slave. As the wind destroys the trees, and the locusts the shali crop, so did the Yavanas destroy the usages of Kashmira. Attracted by the gifts and honors which the king bestowed, and by his kindness, the mlechchhas entered Kashmira, even as locusts enter a good field of corn..."
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Jonaraja
1418 ā 1419
Jonaraja (died AD 1459) was a Kashmiri historian and Sanskrit poet. His DvitÄ«yÄ RÄjataraį¹ ginÄ« is a continuation of Kalhana's RÄjataraį¹ ginÄ« and brings the chronicle of the kings of Kashmir down to the time of the author's patron Zain-ul-Abidin (r. 1418ā1419 and 1420ā1470). Jonaraja, however, could not complete the history of the patron as he died in the 35th regnal year. His pupil, ÅrÄ«vara continued the history and his work, the TritÄ«yÄ RÄjataraį¹ ginÄ«, covers the period 1459ā1486.
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