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226   ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN TIBET   [VoL. II

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TRANSLATION

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p. 73. Furthermore, the precious prince (Tshe-dban-rnam-rgyal) said : The

Ladakhi kings in due succession [told] father to son, a secret word, in the manner of a

testament ; that the family of the Rgya chiefs must not be given an office in the castle

or be entrusted with a high position. If they be placed in a high position, they will

put a bridle on the king of La-dvags, and on the country, and behave [like] a rider.'

This is not right ! Although that speech was scattered among all the wise, as if by

wind ( ? ), in the time of [my] ancestor lei-ma, the younger brother of Hbrug-grags, chief

of Rgya, first became a monk ; then he withdrew from that and entered the court

of king Ni-ma. After a short time he was made minister (bkah-blon). Then he began

to nibble away the royal power of La-dvags ; time passed in continual coveting. For

example, he recorded exactly [the] land and fields : he investigated and made inquiries

regarding the territories belonging to the castle [of Rgya], according to [the statements

of] his father's sons and brothers, and collected into one the registers of the castle

extending from No-ma (Na-ma ?) to Kha-la-rtse. Though this was repeatedly done, yet

from what now remains, this may be clearly shown :—Although it is falsely said

that in the realm of [my] uncle of Pu-rig, king of Mul-be, there are grounds

and fields belonging to the sons of the minister Bsod, and that two registers of [my]

uncle-king were given to the minister as [his] register ; yet, apart from that, the realm

of the minister was [so great] as to rival that of [my] uncle. All this has been

revoked through the authority of the king of La-dvags. His own real inheritance

is the before-mentioned castle of Rgya in Upper La-dvags. According to the custom

of La-dvags this was to be taken by the eldest son ; the younger ones were not to receive

anything. According to that [custom], [among] the chiefs of Rgya, through all genera-

tions that can be traced, the younger sons had to enter the clergy. They never in-

creased to more than one branch. But in the days of our ancestor lei-ma the territory

of the castle was dealt with just as the minister pleased. The minister Bsod did not

send a single one of his sons to the clergy, and he distributed the territories of the

castle in a lavish manner. His daughters he gave in marriage to officers (dpon-khag),

instead of princesses of the [royal] castle. His family he made dominant. He

hoped that in the end the kingdom would really become his own. At the castle

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Or, if g on-pa is to be read instead of ion-pa, ` a younger one must not be allowed to come up.'