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0268 Antiquities of Indian Tibet : vol.2
Antiquities of Indian Tibet : vol.2 / Page 268 (Color Image)

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state. In particular, when I became ruler over these districts of the empire,
foreign enemies were conquered, friends within were protected, and so on.
In brief, at home he was a gem-like minister, and abroad he was a gem-like general. All
these deeds were made to agree [with other accounts], and together with the reasons
for them collected in a book [containing his] biography.

NOTES

It is of some interest to hear that a biography of the famous general was actually written. Perhaps it may yet
come to light. At present we must be content with the slight substitute for it contained in the above text.
King Ni-ma-rnam-rgyal's decree further tells us that Śākya-rgya-mtsho's daughter, Rgyal-ldzom, married a
certain Dbaṅ-phyug from Zaṅs-dkar, and that the couple received the villages of Dhyig-gu (Lgu) and Sa-bu.
We also learn that the general belonged to a clan called Hcho-lbraṅ, and that he was related to the thirteen great
hierarchs of Sa-skya. For local names, so far as identified, see the map. Glo-bo is Blo-bo, and Kha-po-lo
is Kha-pu-lu.