Vol. VI, No. 8.] Ladvags rGyalrabs. 41 1 



[N.s:\ 



and Shi dkar of the Lowland, in the direction of Lhasa (hither). 

 From rGya (China or India) came : tea, borddha mal (?), clarionets , 

 long trumpets, telescopic trumpets, etc. 



Besides, the seven men of great skill arose [as follows] : 

 Khri bdun yul byin could jump across chasms which were 

 nine 'adorn (27 feet) wide ; gDung grags of gSal snang could catch 

 a wild yak by throwing a sling at his feet ; rKod btsan of Athag 



bzang 



gong . 

 ' adorn 



Yog 



most powerful among the early kings of Tibet.) 1 



with gold. [This king] was one of the Fol. 18a. 



His son 



W) 



(705 — 755 A.D.) During the time of this king, the castle of Kha 

 brag dar phu was built at Lhasa ; all the lowlands were filled 

 [with buildings]. At Khri rise brag dinar (possibly Khrigrtse of 

 Ladakh) of gLing bcu ( ' Ten lands ' ) he built the temples Ga chu 

 shar sgo, Phang thang ka med, Ka chit pan chub, Brag dinar 



bzang, and other [temples]. Sudgu sho ka of Brag kha and 



Dznyana 



(Lothsaba) and 



translated the two books gSer 'od dampa (Suvarna-prabhasa- 

 sutra) and Las brgyapa (Karma&ataka). Pitsi tsandu shri trans 

 lated the sMad 

 introduced the ceremonies of religion. 2 



an< I 



His son was Khri srong Ide btsan (755 — 797 A.D.), an in- 

 arnation of the Bodhisatva 'a Jam dpal (ManjuSrf). This king 

 nvited the teacher (mKhanpo) Bodhisatva from India. Atlanta. 



1 Notes on this king from the Thangshu. He is called (Jhin-u-hsi- 

 lung; but there is no absolute certainty about the identity of the Tibetan 

 and Chinese names. The Major domus retained his authority. In 678, 

 a Chinese army was beaten on the Kukunor by the Tibetans. Then 

 several Tibetan chiefs took the side of the Chinese, and the Chinese re- 

 conquered Turkestan. The .Major domus was turned out, and ha com- 

 mitted suicide together with 100 of his friends. (The Bodhimor men- 

 tions two Major domus during his reign). 



* Notes. The Thangshu calls him Chi-liso-tsan. He was married to 

 a Chinese princess called Chincheng (the khyimshang of the Tibetans). 

 The Tibetans had received the towns of Chiu-chu and Kuei-te, on the 

 Hoangho as her dowry. Continual wars about those places. Whenever 

 treaties were concluded, a market for bartering horses was mentioned 



with emphasis. 



The great war with the Chinese about the possession of Oilgit. See 



Stein, Ancient Khotan, Section ii and iii. 



Gilgit is now identified with Little Poliu, Baltistan with Great Poliu. 

 The king of Kashmir, Muktapida, assisted the Chinese against the Tibet- 

 ans, and the Tibetans were aided by the Arabs. The Chinese emperor 

 of the period was Hsiiantsung, 713 — 755 A.D. 



The Bodhimor savs that the Tibetan king as married to two 

 queens, one from Yarkand, the other one from China. The latter was 

 intended for his son who broke his neck when going to meet her. There- 

 lore the father married her. 



