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¹ [Nag-se-tsi-kabaḥ-be-mu-dzab-na-mu-na-lam-bar 2 ('number two') bā-pata-ji-min-gar-pa-nra-ko-khri-Bar-bog (' province of Bar-ḥbog ').]

Kul-Bar-bog The Chief Bkra-śis-rgya-tsho Jāt-Khra-Kur-rus-bkaḥ-su-ba

Nu-bkaḥ-bkra-śis Pad-kar-bkra-śis Rgyal-tshan Chos-grub-rnam-rgyal

The Chief Rnam-rgyal Tshul-krim Phun-tshog Drug-de-lag

Tshar-rtan-dzin Tshaṅ-nor-bu

Tshaṅ-rnam-rgyal Man-su

Ra-ta-na

Tshaṅ-drug-gya Rnam-rgyal

Tan-dzin-chos-rgyal Tan-grin Ce-pa (he died)

Bil-cuṅ So-nam-chos-phel Rnam-rgyal-tshe-riṅ Phe-tse-No-no Siṅ-ga-rām.

(This genealogy of the chiefs [was copied] from the one that has been preserved in MS. with the chiefs of Bar-ḥbog. According to a statement by the old [ex-]chief who lives there, it is said to have been written during the reign of the Kulū Rājā Mān-Siṅgh.

And their power or jāgīr remained firmly established down to the chief Bil-cuṅ or Cuṅ-nun. After that they were left without a jāgīr and [now they] earn a livelihood as peasants. Written by Bzod-pa of Kye-laṅ.)

As we know from other documents from Lahul, Jo-Bkra-śis-rgya-mtsho was a contemporary of the Kulū king, Partāb-Siṅgh, who reigned from 1560 to 1584. Bil-cuṅ and his four cousins, on the other hand, were con-temporaries of the Kulū king, Mān-Siṅgh, 1674–1717 A.D. Thus the genealogical tree has to be placed between the years 1570 and 1700. This is a comparatively short time, if we consider that it comprises nine generations. There must be a mistake somewhere. The genealogical roll was not continued after the chiefs were deposed by Mān-Siṅgh. From another document we learn, in addition, the name of a chief who preceded Jo-Bkra-śis-rgya-mtsho. It is Tshe-riṅ-sa-bgrub, a contemporary of the Kulū king, Bahādur Siṅgh, and of Tshe-dbaṅ-rnam-rgyal I of Ladakh.²

It is very probable that the chiefs of Bar-ḥbog were placed in authority by Tshe-dbaṅ-rnam-rgyal I of Ladakh on the occasion of his conquest of Kulū, which included that of Lahul. The chiefs of Bar-ḥbog had to watch over the interests of the Ladakhi kings. They probably took the side of the Ladakhi kings when Mān-Siṅgh of Kulū conquered Lahul, and that may have been the reason why they were deposed.