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21 8   ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN TIBET   [VOL. II

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Taking the names singly, we notice the following deviations from the list given in the Chronicles of Ti-nan :The first chief is here called Ra-tan, instead of Ra-na ; the dynastical name is here spelt Pá1, not Pha-la. The chief of the seventh generation is here called Bkra-Sis-dpal-hbyor, against Bkra-sis of the chronicle. The Chief Ha-ri-ya's brother is omitted here.

But there is another radical difference between the two lists, viz. that, according to the chronicles, Bkra-Sisrgyal-po and Tshe-riii-rgyal-po are Bsod-nams-rgya-mtsho's younger brothers, whilst here they are stated to be his sons. Which of the two versions is correct will perhaps remain obscure for ever.

With regard to the second half of the genealogy, which contains entirely new material, it is remarkable that it consists of nine generations only, whereas we should expect about eleven, considering that it covers a period of about 350 years, from 1550 to 1900 A.D.

I do not think that, beside that given under No. 5 below, there exist any stone inscriptions containing the names of Ti-nan chiefs. But, as there are a number of paper documents in the country which commemorate the erection of certain stűpas, or the acquisition of important books, we might examine them in search of names of Ti-nan chiefs.

1. Bar-hbog document, commemorating the acquisition of a Sűtra Za-ma-tog in the time of Pirtib-Singhe of Kula (Partab-Singh, 1569 A.D.). It mentions Tshe-rift-sa-grub and Bkra-sis-rgya-mtsho, father and son, chiefs of Bar-hbog. Then other chiefs of Kar-sdan (Mkhar-daii), Kye-(g)lan, Ti-no, Ha-yar, Lcug-dra, Sa-ran, Bi-lin, etc., are also mentioned, but none of Ti-nan.

2. Bar-hbog document, commemorating the acquisition of a Bkah-hgyur during the reign of Tre-tru-Sin of Kula. This Kula king is, as I believe, Prithvi-Singh, c. 1618 A.D. • The syllable Pri is pronounced Tri in Tibetan. The y was changed to u in Tibetan. The following chiefs of Bar-hbog are mentioned in this document : Hbrugrnam-rgyal, Tshul-khrims-rdo-rje, No-no-Phun-tshogs, Hbrug-bde-legs, all of whom belong to the third generation after Bkra-§is-rgya-mtsho, which circumstance again speaks in favour of my identification of Tre-tru-Sin with Prithvi-Singh. Again, other contemporary chiefs of Lha-bran, Pa-spa-rag, Kar-dan, Gun-ran, Ti-mur, and even Ti-nan are mentioned ; in the latter place a certain No-no (younger chief) Rnam-rgyal. This Rnam-rgyal is in all probability one of the three Rnam-rgyals who are mentioned in the genealogical tree of Ti-nan as Dpal-hbar's sons, viz. the two Tshe-rin- nargyals and Do-tug-rnam-rgyal.

3. Decree of Riddhi(Rr)-Singh of Kula to the Gandhola monastery (c. 1663 A.D.). Although Ti-nan is mentioned in this decree, the chief's name is not given.

4. Document from Ko-lon, commemorating the erection of a mchod-rten, in the time of Parbat-Singh, of Kula (c. 1584 A.D.). It does not mention Ti-nan, but ►SEi-la, which name may refer to the same principality. There it mentions a Rgyal-po-Tshe-rift (or Rgyal-po-Tshe-rift-dpal-lde). It is, of course, possible that this prince is identical with Ha-ri-ya's brother, Rgyal-po, Rgyal-po being the abbreviated form of the name ; but there is no certainty about it.

5. Votive tablet from Ko-lon (?), time of Spri-tim-Singh of Sur-stan-pur of Kula (Pritam-Singh of Sultanpur, c. 1767 A.D.). It mentions a No-no (younger prince) Tshe-dban-nor-bu of Ti-nan, who cannot be found in the genealogical tree given above.

6. An unknown queen, Rani Dzvivanti (Rani Jivanti, perhaps of Ti-nan), is mentioned in an inscription at Gandhola.

That is practically all that can be gathered from documents.

When Dr. Vogel travelled in Lahul in 1902, he made the personal acquaintance of the Chief Hira-cand, who showed him the Mani monastery at Ti-nan. Of this monastery the Chief said that he had built it himself in 1880 A.D. A small image in this sanctuary had the inscription : Jo-Bsod-nams-stob-rgyas-la-na-mo. It was stated to refer to the Chief Hira-cand's deceased brother. This inscription apparently contains the spiritual name of the prince. The following ancient monasteries are situated within the principality of Ti-nan :—Gandhola (Padmasambhava's time), Chos-skor (AtîSa's time), Si-la (of unknown origin). But the chronicles of the country do not tell us anything about them, nor do they contain the date of the erection of the stately castle of Ti-nan by a Kula king, as tradition has it.