________________ 28 Siri Sirivalakaba dyota, with his large army, will certainly conquer him, and hence he asked his talented son Abhayakumara what to do. He asked his father not to worry about that, and he ( i.o. Abhayakumara ) asked his men to put under the ground over which the enemy would lodge, jars full of gold coins. Now in a short time, Chandrapradyota, with a large army and many feudatory chiefs, invaded Rajag riha and besieged it. Getting news about this Abhayakumara sent a letter to Chandra pradyota in which he wrote: " You are the husband of queen S'ivarani, my mother's sister. You will, therefore, carefully consider the few lines that I write to you. My father has won over his side all your feudatory chiefs by giving them jars full of gold coins, and they themselves, therefore, will hand you over to my father, with your hands and legs tied up. If you do not believe in me, dig and scrutinize the places where they have lodged, and you will know the truth." Having read this letter, Chandrapradyota dug the ground under the camp of one of his feudatory kings, and found those jars full of gold coins; and thinking that his life was in danger he ran away with his army from that place, and
