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Bkra-sis-dbaṅ-drag
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Tārā-cand (died 1877)
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Mahar-cand (died 1870) Rām-cand (died 1884) Hari-cand (1830–1902)
Bje-cand (Jai-cand)
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Nīl-cand Lāl-cand Ñi-ma-dbaṅ-rgyal

As regards the branch line of Guñ-rañ, Seṅ-ge's descendants, the following notes will suffice to bring the pedigree down to the present day:—Dgaḥ-phrug's son, Devī-cand, lived from 1832–1903. Ñi-ma-siṅ's son was Motī-rām (or Hu-ti-rām). Motī-rām's son, Bhāg-cand, was born in 1863. He lives at Ga-riṅ (Ska-riṅ). He has a little son called Ratan-cand.

Only a few of the names of chiefs given above are found in Lahuli inscriptions. The earliest among them seems to be Bkra-sis-dbaṅ-rgyal, whose name is given as a contemporary of Spri-tim-Súñ (Pritam-Siṅgh) of Kulū, c. 1767 A.D. It is found in a hitherto unpublished inscription from Khaṅ-gsar, Ko-loṅ. In an old document from Ko-loṅ (see my collection of inscriptions, No. 128) a certain chief called Tahe-dbaṅ-rnam-rgyal is mentioned. This Tahe-dbaṅ-rnam-rgyal of Ko-loṅ cannot possibly be Bkra-sis-dbaṅ-rgyal's father, as according to this document he is a contemporary of the Kulū king, Parbat-Siṅgh, c. 1584 A.D. He is probably one of the Tibetan ancestors of the Ko-loṅ chiefs whose names were eradicated when the theory of the descent of the Ko-loṅ chiefs from Rājpūt ancestors was invented. As regards Bkra-sis-dbaṅ-rgyal, the inscription says that he was of Bu-ram-siṅ-pa's (Ikshvāku's) family. This is a statement which reminds us of the claims of the Tibetan Buddhist kings of Ladakh, who also wish to be called Bu-ram-siṅ-pa's descendants. Such a statement is in contrast with the pretended descent of the Ko-loṅ chiefs from Indian Rājpūt ancestors. Possibly in Bkra-sis-dbaṅ-rgyal's days this theory had not yet been started, and the chiefs of Ko-loṅ were quite satisfied with their relationship to the Ladakhi kings. As I see in another hitherto unpublished inscription from Kye-laṅ, one of the Bar-hlog chiefs, No-no-(Jo) Rnam-rgyal, is also stated to be of Bu-ram-siṅ-pa's family. Then the chief Dharma-Siṅgh of Ko-loṅ is mentioned in several inscriptions as a contemporary of the Kulū king, Bir-khyim-(Bikermān) Siṅgh, c. 1810 A.D. There is an inscription in Ṭāṅkrī (Ṭākarī) and Devanāgarī characters at Taṅ-ti, Lahul, which contains the name of Otu-rām. This Otu-rām is possibly identical with Hu-ti-rām or Motī-rām of the above pedigree (see Inscription No. 143).