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MINOR CHRONICLES : XXII. NOTES ON VASSAL STATES   275

may in the eyes of the Turkomans have appeared a Balti chief. Lha-chen Grags-pahbum (supra, p. 102) is the first Ladakhi king whose name appears on votive tablets in Nub-ra. Bhag-ram-mir was probably the last native chief of Nub-ra. He may, moreover, be identical with Sultan Bairam of Kha-pu-lu (supra, p. 189), since, as I was informed, Nub-ra was at one time a province of that state.

4. THE CHIEFS OF 'A-LCI

'A-lci is an old town, situated on the left bank of the Indus, opposite Sa-spo-la. Judging by its many ruins, it may have been a place of importance in ancient times. Most of the inscriptions near the bridge of 'A-lci contain only the names of colonels who guarded the bridge, probably after the Tibetan conquest in the tenth century. But there is a single inscription which may contain the name of a king. It is No. 5 of my collection, and the king's name would be Rgyal-khri. Local tradition connects the castle above the bridge with a legendary king Bandel or Bahand, or it attributes the erection of the castle to king N i-ma-rnam-rgyal of Ladakh. The latter statement is apparently a mistake for Ni-ma-mgon, the conqueror of Ladakh, who may have placed his colonels together with a garrison in this castle.

5. THE CHIEFS OF THE RUB-SO NOMADS

The chiefs of the Rub-so nomads are a recognized family of high rank. It intermarries with the kings of Ladakh. Thus one of the most famous queens of Ladakh, Bskal-bzan-sgrol-ma, wife of Sen-ge-rnam-rgyal, was a Ru-sod (Rub-so) princess ; and the present ex-king Bsod-nams-rnam-rgyal is also married to a Rub-so princess. As the nomads are also in the habit of building mani walls furnished with votive tablets, it may be possible to gather from such tablets a few names of chiefs. Thus on a tablet discovered in 1909 in the vicinity of the Dkor-mdzod monastery, on the shore of the Tsho-mo-ri-ri lake, are found the names Ga-ga Tshe-riii-bkra-sis, father and son. As far as I remember, they are the names of the father and grandfather of the present chief.

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6. THE NO-NOS OF SPYI-TI

The No-nos are the ruling family of chiefs in Spyi-ti. At present it is impossible to decide whether they are descended from a native Spyi-ti family or from certain governors of Spyi-ti, posted there by the kings of Ladakh. Thus a Rdzoii-blon-chenpo, mentioned on a votive tablet, is called Stan-hdzin-rnam-rgyal. He may be identical with king Seri-ge-rnam-r.gya1's step-brother, Bstan-hdzin-rnam-rgyal. (See La-dvagsrgyal-rabs, part vii.) From the list of Spyi-ti MSS. and inscriptions collected by Mr. Howell's two pandits in 1908 the following names of Spyi-ti No-nos or Ga-gas may be gathered. (But these documents have never as yet been properly examined.)

1.  Ga-ga Mkhyen-rab (Kanrab), supposed to have been the first No-no of Spyi-ti.

2.  Stan-hdzin-rnam-rgyal, mentioned again in an inscription from Ran-rig. 3. The name of a certain Ga-ga Rdo-rje is found on a dedication sheet from Kyi-bar. He was a cont emporary of Tshe-dpal-don-grub-rnam-rgyal of Ladakh (beginning of the