Vol. VI, No. 8. J Ladvags rGyalrabs. 405 



[N.S.] 



He had a fourfold bodyguard, and the outside foes were 

 subdued by the 44 governors of rGod Mod. At the four extremi- 

 ties [of his kingdom] he appointed spies (or scouts). The enemies 

 of the four extremities were subdued by the eight Khromkha 

 (governors ?) At Bongdo, 22 officials [called] Khabaso filled the 

 barns [with grain]. From the 12 markets, riches were offered 

 [to the king] ; wise men decided about rewards for good and bad. 

 By punishing criminals, the source of deceit was stopped. Five 

 wise men brought fame to the country through their writings Fol. 136 

 in gold and turquoise ; five heroes became an ornament [to the 



try] 



five quick 



messengers rode on horses which they changed in their course. 

 The justice of this great [king] was as [glorious] as if the sun 

 rose over glaciers. [In course of time (?)] he built the palace of 

 U[m] bu bla sgang. 



Theft, deceit [was overcome] ; in trade, advantage was not 

 looked for. The whole kingdom flourished, and the government 

 was beneficent. It was grand and excellent in all respects. 1 



His son was Mukhri btsanpo (metrical : ) 



His son was Dir khri btsanpo. 



His son was So khri btsanpo. 



His son was Me khri btsanpo. 



His son was gDagskhri btsanpo. 



His son was Srib khri btsanpo. 



[These] seven are called the seven heavenly thrones. 



After 



Fol. 14a. 



Khri 



Their divine bodies dwindled away like rainbow 

 without anv decay. 4 



1 King gNya khri btsanpo is mentioned as an ancestor of the 

 Ladakhi kings in the following inscriptions of my collection : Soa. 52. 

 54, 72, 75, 78, 81, 84, 111, 119. The place-names given in the a< >unt 

 of his kingdom all seem to refer to Ladakh : see my article, * The 

 kingdom of gNya khri btsanpo' written for this journal. 



As regards his date, the following attempts at fixing it have been 

 made: 313 B.C. according to Ssanang Ssetsen ; 250 B.C. according to 

 Csoma de Koros; 50 B.C. according "to Schlagintweit and S. Ch. Das; 

 416 B.C. according to the book Grub mtha shelgyi melong; before Bud- 

 dha, according to the Bonpo chronicles. 



Legend of his origin according to the Bonpo chronicles: He is the 

 son of Pandu and Krasna (Krishna or Draupadi). In this connection 

 the Mahabharata tale and many of its names occur in the Bonpo hron- 

 icles. (See Laufer, Tibet. Geschichtswerk der Bonpo, Toung Pao, 



Serie ii, vol. ii). • ^ .- . 



Chinese legends of his origin: According to the Yto ty-tehc, h 



Houi-ty-pou-tsoui-ye. In Parker, 

 read : a Wutiyana Khan, who fled 



tcherchoui. His name waa 



Tibet, we 



the Yarlung house. His name was Nyatpo Khan 



The Mongol versions are in close agreement with the Buddhist 



Tibetan versions. 

 * In Central 



