التاريخ اليميني 46.21

46.21

Immediately after that he set out toward the fortress of Āsī, whose lord, known as Chandbāl Bhūr, was one of the fangs of the Hindus and masters of armies. He had ever possessed strength in rule and abundance in possessions; the Rāy of Qanauj had opposed him as a rival and drawn out war with him, fighting and battling, but achieved nothing beyond wearying his own men and retreating in failure. This fortress was surrounded by thickets, dense like the manes of steeds and intertwined like the hair of mourners. Among them the snakes do not answer the charmers, and there the full moon gives no light to night travellers. It was encircled by moats of deep excavation and wide circuit, encircling it as Taurus encircles the Pleiades, so that there is no opening from them and no turning aside for it beyond them.