Chapter 42 - The Tantric Saves The Prince- Part 1 [Surya]

The sun was high and blazing when Surya and his men crested at the hill. Northern sun burned the skin as much as its cold air. The group had now seen all kinds of terrain on their trek north, the great plains of river Yamuna, the Sal forests of Koshi, the Terai grasslands, and the Vale of Kahamir, bounded by Kailash ranges on the East and Hamalayas on the west covered with perpetual glaciers. By the end of the ninth day, they were paring their supplies to the bone, and the men were growing impatient when, at last, they reached the final stretch of the snowy flatland before the city of Rajani, the capital of northern kingdom of Samrashtra.