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Antiquities of Indian Tibet : vol.2 |
220 ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN TIBET [VoL. II
TRANSLATION
1 [Nag-se-tsi-kabah-be-mu-dzab-na-mu-na-lam-bar 2 (` number two ') bá-pata-j i-min - gar-pa-nra-ko-khri-Bar-bog ( province of Bar-lhbog ' ). ]
Kul-Bar-bog The Chief Bkra-sis-rgya-tsho Ját-Khra-Kur-rus-bkah-su-ba
Nu-bkah-bkra-sis Pad-kar-ókra-sis Rgyal-tshan Chos-grub-rnam-rgyal
The Chief Rnam-rgyal Tshul-krim • Phun-tshog Drug-de-lag
Tshar-rtan-dzin Tshaii-nor-bu
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Tshaii-rnam-rgyal Man-su
Ra-ta-na
Tshan-drug-gya Rnam-rgyal
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Tan-dzin-chos-rgyal Tan-grin Ce-pa (he died)
Bil-cun
So-nam-chos-phel Rnam-rgyal-tshe-rin Phe-tse-No-no Sin-ga-rám.
(This genealogy of the chiefs [was copied] from the one that has been preserved in MS. with the chiefs of Bar-hbog. According to a statement by the old [ex-]chief who lives there, it is said to have been written during the reign of the Kula Raja Man-Singh.
And their power or jágir remained firmly established down to the chief Bil-cun or Cull-nun. After that they were left without a jágir and [now they] earn a livelihood as peasants. Written by Bzod-pa of Kye-lan. )
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As we know from other documents from Lahul, Jo-Bkra-sis-rgya-mtsho was a contemporary of the Kulű king, Partáb-Singh, who reigned from 1560 to 1584. Bil-cun and his four cousins, on the other hand, were contemporaries of the Kula king, Man-Singh, 1674-1717 A.D. Thus the genealogical tree has to be placed between the years 1570 and 1700. This is a comparatively short time, if we consider that it comprises nine generations. There must be a mistake somewhere. The genealogical roll was not continued after the chiefs were deposed by Man-Singh. From another document we learn, in addition, the name of a chief who preceded Jo-Bkra-§is-rgyamtsho. It is Tshe-riii-sa-bgrub, a contemporary of the Kulű king, Bahádur Singh, and of Tshe-dban-rnam-rgyal I of Ladakh.2
It is very probable that the chiefs of Bar-hbog were placed in authority by Tshe-dban-rnam-rgyal I of Ladakh on the occasion of his conquest of Kulű, which included that of Lahul. The chiefs of Bar-hbog had to watch over the interests of the Ladakhi kings. They probably took the side of the Ladakhi kings when Man-Singh of Kula conquered Lahul, and that may have been the reason why they were deposed.
' [On the transliteration and purport of this formula see p. 209, note 1.—F. W. T.]
2 It is the Bar-hbog document that commemorates the acquisition of a Sűtra Za-ma-tog in the time of Partáb-Singh of Kulü.
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