History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c14.s1.22

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But there is one bad act of this famous king which Kalhaṇa says was prompted by the Kali or iron age. He had the Gauḍa king killed in spite of his promise not to harm his life given on oath of his favourite god Parihāsa Keshava of his favourite town. Who this Gauḍa king was and why Lalitāditya did this horrible deed so unlike himself, Kalhaṇa does not describe. He however relates that when the most loyal servants of the Gauḍa king heard of this slaughter, they started at once for Kashmir and having got entrance to the kingdom on pretext of visiting the Śāradā temple they came to Parihāsapura. The king was fortunately absent on an expedition to the north. The exasperated men in their mad zeal went to the temple of Parihāsa Keshava to take vengeance on the god who had allowed his oath to be broken. Finding the temple of Rāmasvāmi* open they mistook that god for Parihāsakeshava, threw down the silver idol, broke it into pieces and even atoms and strew them on the road as they went back.