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0290 Tibet and Turkestan : vol.1
チベットとトルキスタン : vol.1
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doi: 10.20676/00000231
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It is not improbable that these semi-civilised im-
migrants into what is now Tibetan territory were of
mixed blood, in which the nomadic Mongol instinct
predominated over the stay-at-home feeling of the
true Chinaman from the central provinces, who had
civilised and absorbed several conquering hordes of
the north. However that may be, the subsequent
fusion with indigenous tribes has produced a type
easily distinguishable from that of Pekin. Tib-
etan chronicles, written by Buddhist lamas, boldly
ascend beyond the fairly well-established date of
the coming of Fanni, and recite legends concern-
ing kings from the south. To derive their nation's
origin from this quarter would flatter their religious
prejudices. The unsatisfying character of these
legends, until the stream of them reaches the time
and event set forth by the Chinese records, tends
to give to the latter a yet greater credence. Never-
theless, the traditions looking toward India, or at
least toward Bhutan and Nepal, are not to be wholly
neglected. Travel between Tibetan territory and
any other is, indeed, hard, but between Central
Tibet and Nepal it is easier than with Western China.
It is not improbable that there is something of
truth in these stories of southern kings establishing
dynasties antedating by several centuries that which
was founded by Fanni. There is space enough,
and the central (Lhasa) region is separated from
the eastern districts by enough physical difficulty to
justify the supposition that independent, though
inconsiderable, states may have existed in the Tsang
valley before Fanni came to the north-east region.
His success there may have soon resulted in coali-