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The later years of the reign of Kalasa added greater laurels to his name as these were marked by several conquests over neighbouring kings and unruly elements. Rajapuri was once again threatened by Madanapala whom Jayananda had earlier vanquished? Sangramapala, the protege of Kalasa, again appealed. for help and the latter sent his commandant, Bappata, who defeated and captured Madanapala quite easily and sent him to the Kashmir court? Next came the turn of the turbulent Damaras who were ever ready to rise in revolt. This time Kalasa decided to deal with them sternly. At first Kandarpa, the Lord of the Gate, and afterwards Madana, the Commander-in-Chief, crushed the Damara revolt, the latter killing many of their leaders Some other chiefs were also humbled both by a display of strength and diplomacy through the 1. Rajatarangini by Kalhana, I, vii, 570; The term Kalasaganja has been discussed by us in the Chapter on Administration. 2. Ibid., I, vii, 534, 74. 3. Ibid., I, vii, 575. 4. Ibid., I, vii, 576, 79.

320 energetic Kandarpa who thus raised himself in the esteem of Kalasa and received due cognisance! Kalasa next turned his attention towards Lohara whose ruler Bhuvanaraja seems to have fled away at the approach of the royal troops? He also accepted the hand of the daughter of Kirtiraja, ruler of Nilapura, and the two royal families thus buried their former enmity through this matrimonial alliance? Taken on the whole, these conquests cannot be treated to denote any appreciable expansion in the territories ruled by Kalasa; these rather signify that Kalasa was acutely conscious of the utility of friendly or subservient states all round his own so as to ensure the safety of the Valley. Kalasa was more a pacifist at home and aggressor abroad, but at the same time he proved to be a capable ruler and rid the country of thieves and brigands by appointing capable men to deal with them