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dPal ma zug gar, Khyung dpal Idan grub, and the two Aka 

 badzra of Me nyag, happened to be obliged to eat fish and eggs. 

 [The servant] brought [the food] wrapped in a napkin. From 

 this it came to be a custom with the kings of Tibet to use the 

 [so-called] giant's napkin (also explained as ' napkin of eight 

 folds '). He built Khar dmar of Bala in the horse year, rTse 

 tho rgya ri in the sheep year. He caused many villages and 

 hamlets (towns) to be built throughout the broad vallevs of 

 Dam and Lag (or Damlag). Maryul he left undisturbed 



As regards the rest of this chapter, K. Marx's translation of it in 

 J.A.S.B., Vol. LX, pp. 114-123, should be consulted. In the following I 

 give a list of royal names with notes on them. 



Lhachen dpalgyi mgon, c. 930 — 960 A.D. He received Ladakh 

 proper. His brother bKrashis mgon became vassal-king of Guge and 

 Purang, bKrashis mgon probably died without issue, and his kingdom 

 was inherited by the descendants of his younger brother Lde btsug mgon. 

 The names of Lde btsug mgon's descendants are found in Schlagintweit's 

 tables, in S. Ch. Das' Contributions on Tibet, and in dPag bsam Ijon 

 bzang. 



'aGro mgon and Chos mgon, c. 960 — 990 A.D. Nothing known 

 beyond the names. 



Lhachen gragspa lde, c. 990 — 1029 A.D. S.M.S. spells bLachen 

 gragapa lde. Perhaps he was a lama. 



Lhachen byang chub sems dpa, c. 1020 — 1050 A.D. S.M.S. spells 

 bLachen. He was very probably a lama, like the contemporary kings of 

 Guge. He is mentioned in the Tabo inscription together with Rinchen 

 bzangpo, Atisa, and king Byang chub 9 od of Guge. He erected the Tabo 

 and Alchi monasteries, and probably several others. His portrait ifl 

 found in the Alchi monastery together with an inscription by himself. 

 There are also frescoes of the sports of his times, notably hawk-hunting. 

 He probably came to grief in the Turkoman gold mine wars; compare 

 the history of Yeshes 'od of Guge. His name as a prince is found in an 

 ancient document excavated at Kyelang. 



Lhachen rgyalpo, c. 1050 — 1080. His portrait (probably) as a young 

 man is found at Alchi where he is represented together with his father. 

 S.M.S. spells his name bLachen, etc. He was probably a lama. He is 

 mentioned in the Mahatmya of the Likir monastery which in its present 

 edition, however, dates from the 18th century. 



Lhachen utpala, c. 1080—1110 A.D. His conquest of Kulu is not 

 confirmed by the chronicles of Kulu ; but the Rajatarangini of Kashmir 

 is rather in favour of the statement. It says in a somewhat obscure 

 passage that Zainu-1-abidin in 1428 A.D. found Kulu occupied by 

 Tibetans. After the battle of Basgo, 1647 A.D., the treaty with Kulu 

 was apparently exchanged for a trade contract. (See my History of 



<ahoul, written for the Ind. Ant.) 



Lhachen naglug , c. 1110—1140 A.D. For notes on his connection 



1 The following inscriptions from Ladakh are probably of 1 % tune, 

 although they do not contain his name. The Sheh inscriptions; the 

 Alchi mkhar goe inscriptions (see my article ' Areliaeology in Western 

 Tibet/ Ind. AatT, Vols. XXXV, XXXVI) ; and inscriptions at Bya in 

 ZancrskAf H i ar>r>™»i.ArJ hv Rev. G. Hettasch of Kyelang. 



ima mgon is loui 



Tibet.' Ind Ant 



ine names oi the 

 trom those given her* 

 r 9ya ri. 



instead 



