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The work of providing beasts of burden was entrusted to me, and before the date of
starting I had the required number of horses and mules ready. We went through
the Rāmpur State (Bashahr) to Tibet. In Tibet we visited places of mercantile
interest. The journey lasted from the 18th of June till the 3rd of October. We
returned viā Spiti. During the journey we suffered much through the scarcity of
gra-s and other things; and the bad roads were also a source of trouble to us. We
first visited Gartog, where the Assistant Commissioner met with the Garpon
(Sgar-dpon). He conversed with him on matters of trade facilities. From Gartog
we went to Chocho, and from that place to Bongba, and thence to Thog-jalung, Dolang,
etc. There are gold-mines in these places, and I guided the Assistant Commissioner.
I also took him to Shumorti (Chumurti) and Chhagrachan. These two places are famous
for their horses. These places have not as yet been visited by any English traveller,
the reason being that the Tibetan authorities do not permit the English to visit them.
Even if permission to visit them has been secured, it is very difficult to surmount the
many obstacles which arise on the way. For many marches it is difficult to find
water, grass, or wood. Even coolies are not supplied for these places in Tibet, so
that vast arrangements have to be made before starting. I myself made the arrange-
ments for everything that was needed on such a terrible journey. It was also I who
kept the Garpon from refusing us permission.

NOTES.

With regard to the first part of the chronicle, which contains the history of the chiefs from Nil Chand to
Karam Chand, I wish to state that it is not supported by other historical documents or inscriptions. Not a single
name of a chief ending in Chand has as yet been discovered in Lahul, apart from the chronicles of the Ko-loñ
chiefs given above. On the contrary, from an old inscription and a document of the sixteenth century we learn
that the chiefs of Ko-loñ had Tibetan names prior to Nono Chogan (Chu-ñun) and Señ-ge, who lived in the
seventeenth century. On an old stone inscription discovered by Mr. Howell the name of an ancient Ko-loñ
chief is given as Boldor (probably Hbol-rdor); and in a document referring to the erection of a mchod-rten
(Inscription No. 128) the name of a chief of Ko-loñ, who was a contemporary of Parbat-Siñgh of Kulā (1584–1618),
is given as Tshe-dbaṅ-rnam-rgyal. It is quite possible that the names ending in Chand were invented by the
chronicler with a view to making the chiefs of Ko-loñ appear as descendants from Rājpūt ancestors. This, they
thought, would raise them in the eyes of the Kulū kings. It is also very strange that the Rājpūt origin of the
chiefs of Ti-nan is asserted in the Ko-loñ chronicles. According to the Ko-loñ chronicles the chiefs of Ti-nan
emigrated from Gondha in Bañgil; but according to the Ti-nan chronicles they came from Leags-mkhar in
Gu-ge. I should think that the latter statement has a greater claim to our acceptance. The country of Bañgil
mentioned in the chronicles is the province of Barā Bañgil, which nowadays forms part of Kulū. The many
Tibetan names which are found in the second part of the pedigree cannot be recognized in their Urdū dress.
They have to be compared with the names contained in the Tibetan document from Ko-loñ (q.v.).
Instead of Kolang the Tibetans say Ko-loñ; and instead of Gumring, Gun-raṅ. For Thog-jalung see above,
p. 94 (sub fin.).

As regards the claim of the Ko-loñ chiefs to have been in charge of the management of Lahul during the times
of Tibetan rule before 1605 A.D., I must say that it is not confirmed by popular tradition. The latter is in favour
of the view that the chiefs of Bar-lhog were Governors of Lahul during that time.

The conquest of Lahul by the Sikhs must have taken place before 1843; for, when Cunningham visited Lahul
in 1839, he found the country already in the hands of the Sikhs (JASB., 1841, pp. 105 sqq.).

Adolf von Schlagintweit was murdered on his expedition to Turkestan on the 26th August, 1857, near Kashgar.

The date of Tārā Chand's death is not clearly given. First we read that Tārā Chand died in 1874; then we
read that he was still alive in 1876; and according to Col. Massey he died in 1877.