国立情報学研究所 - ディジタル・シルクロード・プロジェクト
『東洋文庫所蔵』貴重書デジタルアーカイブ

276   ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN TIBET   [VOL. II

nineteenth century). The No-nos of Sku-glin are adherents of the Sa-skya school of Lamaism. The name of the capital of Spyi-ti is spelt in various ways, Gra-mkhar, Gran-mkhar, Brań-mkhar, etc. A legend telling of the extermination of the Ladakhi garrison at this castle is found in my collection, Die historischen and mythologischen Erinnerungen der Lahouler, No. 17. The most famous monasteries of Spyi-ti are : Ta-bo (formerly under G u-ge ), Ki (or Skyi d) (Dge-lug-pa order), Spyin (Rn i n-ma-pa order), and Btan-rgyud (Sa-skya-pa order). According to information obtained by Mr. II. Lee Shuttleworth, there are several (four ?) families of No-nos in Spyi-ti, who have never had much political importance : districts and residences will be mentioned in a description of localities to be published later.

7. THE CHIEFS OF NA-KO

A line of chiefs is known to have once resided at Na-ko in Kunawar. As Na-ko is situated exactly above the ancient town of Li, it is possible that the chiefs of Na-ko reigned over the town and district of Li. I found the name of a single chief only in a votive tablet inscription at the ancient Na-ko monastery. It was Jo Dpal-hbyor. His wife's name is given as Jo-jo Bsam-brtan.

It is interesting that in 1870 a brother of the raja of Bashahr, called Fath-Singh, made himself the head of this old principality. He fortified the bridge between Na-ko and Li ; but in the same year he was caught and seized by the Bashahr troops.

8. THE CHIEFS OF RU-THOG

From the La-dvags-rgyal-rabs we learn that in the days of king Seii-ge-rnam-rgyal there existed a chief at Ru-thog called 'An-pa (Dban-pa, ruler). No inscription of any 'An-pa has yet been found. Ru-thog was a Station of the Tsaparang (Rtsa-bran) mission ; when that mission was destroyed by Seii-ge-rnam-rgyal, the 'An-pa shared the fate of the Rtsa-bran ruler.

9. THE CHIEFS OF PU-HRANS

From the La-dvags-rgyal-rabs we learn that the name of the last member of the native line of Pu-hrans chiefs (tenth century) was Dge-byes-btsan. He gave his daughter Hbro-za-hkhor-skyon in marriage to king lei-ma-mgon ; and thus Pu-hrans became part of the West Tibetan empire. When the Gu-ge kings ruled over Gu-ge and Pu-hrans, the latter province was given apparently to a branch line of the royal family of Gu-ge, the Lde dynasty. When the line of the kings of Gu-ge came to an end, one of the Pu-hrans princes, a certain Bsod-nams-lde, was asked to become king of Gu-ge. (Compare the chronicles of Gu-ge.)

NOTE

As regards the so-called kings of He-na-sku, only one name has as yet been discovered. On p. 87 of the MS. copy of the treaty of Warn-le (c. 1751 A.D.) we read that the He-na-sku king of that time was named Dkon-grub, perhaps Dkon-mchog-lhun-grub. On p. 31 it is stated that the line of the He-na-sku kings branched off under Ni-ma-rnam-rgyal. The so-called kings of Rgya were only ministers (blon-po). See my notes on them in my book Archcsology in Indian Tibet, p. 63, and supra, pp. 225 sqq.