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252 ANTIQUITIES OF WESTERN TIBET [VoL. II
we want to go to La-dvags for a moment to see it.' Zo-ra-war and all his soldiers
went to La-dvags. Nobody fired a bullet in any village, and thus they arrived at Slel
and stayed at Gar-bzu (Dkar-zu), where they had their camp. They arrived there on the
first of the second month, and the Sin-pas and the King of La-dvags stayed without
fighting till the fourth month. Then Zo-ra-war said to Drag-chos-kun-dgah of
Kha-la-tse : ` You must take the responsibility for all these Ladakhis ! ' To which
Drag-chos of Kha-la-tse replied : ` Until now have I been a servant of the king of
La-dvags ; not only that, but I have also received ample food and drink from him.
I shall not now revolt against the king ! ' As he spoke thus, Zo-ra-war became very
angry. Then the King of La-dvags and Zo-ra-war both made an agreement [as follows]:
` Every peasant among the Ladakhis has to pay ten Tibetan rupees, six annas, and two
paisa as tribute [to Jam-mu].' The minister of Slel, Dnos-grub-bstan-hdzin, was made
Ra-ja, and the minister of Ba-sgo (Bab-sgo) was made minister of La-dvags. The ` little
king ' fled in the direction of Lahul, and the father-king remained [in Leh], being deprived
of every power (work) in La-dvags. Then anger was shown against Drag-chos of
Kha-la-tse, who had said that he would not accept the responsibility for La-dvags. He
was appointed a servant of Zo-ra-war, and taken to Kha-cul (Jam-mu) as a prisoner.
Then a fort (kyi-la) was erected in La-dvags, and about 300 Sin-pa soldiers were
placed in it. The remaining Sin-pa soldiers were taken by Zo-ra-war to Kha-cul.
When Zo-ra-war arrived at the castle of Tin-mo-sgan, he destroyed the treasury of
king l-i-ma-rnam-rgyal, and the Sin-pas carried off the king's sword, the strings of
pearl, the branch (hand) of coral, the royal saddle cloth, and all the precious things.
Then there were six years [of peace]. In the seventh year the Ladakhis held a council
against the Sin-pas who lived in Sle[1]. They made [everything] ready for war. There
was a man called Su-ka-mir, of Hem-babs. That man admonished the people in
Pa-rig to make war. And, when he led them [against the enemy], Zo-ra-war arrived
at Slel, coming by the Zans-dkar road and leading many Sin-pa soldiers. The soldiers
of La-dvags and Pu-rig, being afraid of the Sin-pa soldiers, went before Zo-ra-war
and said : ` We have all come [here] to say Salam to you ! We want to make a
petition.' Such a lie they said. Then the Wa-zir answered : ` Whatever petition you
have, I will listen to it. Some of you may remain here ; all the rest may return to
their own villages.' He kept back Su-ka-mir of Hem-babs in Pu-rig, Yis-mal-mir of
Cig-tan, and several more people of Pu-rig. After several days, he began to examine
them, saying : ` Who is the one that issued the first call to arms ? ' After all,
Su-ka-mir of Hem-babs was found out. Su-ka-mir was abused, and, his right hand
being cut off, the stump was dipped into boiling butter. That hand was fastened.
with nails on the top of a pole at the Kha-la-tse bridge. Then it was again taken
off and wrapped in a handkerchief at the bridge of Kha-la-tse. When that hand was
placed in the room of the government storehouse (Ko-khri) of Kha-la-tse, a cat carried
it off over night. Then the people of Kha-la-tse thought that they would all
be punished. But, a grandfather lama ' having died, his hand was cut off and fastened
on the top of a pole at the Kha-la-tse bridge. Su-ka-mir's tongue was also cut out.
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