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0035	Ancient Khotan : vol.1
古代コータン : vol.1

So-lei, belonging to the territory of Hu-mi, which has been recognized with certainty as the
present Wakhān on the Upper Oxus⁷. A glance at the map shows that the bearings, as well
as the relative distances, here indicated are in remarkable agreement with the geographical
position of that central and most productive part of the main valley to which the name of
Gilgit properly applies.

The historical notices regarding 'Little P'o-lü', rendered accessible by M. Chavannes' Gilgit in the
researches, afford proof of the political importance which the Chinese attached to the Gilgit eighth cen-
Valley as the main line of communication between the Upper Indus and the Oxus, and of tury.
the persistent efforts made by them during the reign of the Emperor Hsüan-tsung (713–755 A. D.)
to close this route against Tibetan invasion. At the commencement of that reign the king of
Little P'o-lü, Mo-chin-mang, came to pay homage at the court of Hsüan-tsung, who accorded
him protection and constituted his country into a military territory called Sui-yüan. 'Owing
to its proximity to the Tibetans his country suffered much from them; the Tibetans declared
to him: "It is not your kingdom which we covet, but we wish to use your route in order to
attack the Four Garrisons (i. e. the present Chinese Turkestān)"'⁸.

In 722 A. D. Mo-chin-mang, having been deprived of nine townships by the Tibetans, applied
for help. The Imperial Commissioner resident at Pei-t'ing thereupon declared: 'P'o-lü is the
western gate of [the territories of] the T'ang dynasty; if P'o-lü is lost [to us] then the western
countries will all become Tibetan', and he dispatched a force of four thousand chosen troops,
under the prefect of Kāshgar (Su-lê), to his help. Mo-chin-mang thus succoured defeated the
Tibetans and recovered the nine townships. The same historical work, the Tzŭ chih t'ung chien,
which has preserved these details, records a fresh attack upon P'o-lü by the Tibetans fifteen
years later. On that occasion, 737 A. D., Chinese action took the form of a diversion from the
centre of the empire, which resulted in a great defeat of the Tibetans west of the Kuku-Nor
and relieved P'o-lü⁹.

After Mo-chin-mang's death 'Little P'o-lü' was ruled in succession by his sons Nan-ni and
Ma-hao-lai (Ma-lai-hi). The Imperial edict concerning the latter's investiture, in 741 A. D., is still
extant among the records extracted by M. Chavannes¹⁰. He too seems to have died early,
and his successor Su-shih-li-chih was won over by the Tibetans, who induced him to marry
a Tibetan princess and thus secured a footing in his territory. In consequence 'more than
twenty kingdoms (i. e. little hill states) to the north-west' of Little P'o-lü are said by the
Annalist to have become subject to the Tibetans. Their customary tribute no longer reached
the Imperial court.

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