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dered happy and contented. The princes were reconciled, and Lamas 
and Lords (P the highest Lords) went to Shal-k’ar. 
At that time messengers of the Nawwab of Ka^mir arrived with 
the request, that the Abhit’ang should be cleared of water. On the 
occasion when the messengers had their audience, through a blessing, 
from one silver tea-pot tea was poured out to all the men who took part 
in the banquet. The messengers believed and went home. 
After that, the great Rig-dzin deposited one copy of the settle¬ 
ment at Lel-k’ar, one at Mul-bhe-kar, one in Zangs-k’ar, and one in 
Hemis Lamasery, and thereupon he again returned to Bod. 
Later on a wife was sought for Ts’e-vvang-nam-gyal from Zang-la- 
k’ar. 1 About that time it happened that the Evil One entered the king’s 
mind, and giving way to the influence of bad servants, he took a Bhe- 
mo 2 to his royal chambers. The Zang-la queen consequently returned 
to Zang-la and became the wife of the king of Zangs-k’ar. His doings 
were not as before, unusual and strange: and he had for 500 horses 
one groom each, and a lamp (at night) in grander style ; the horses’ 
feet and genitals, (?), etc., were paid much attention to. The princes, 
(nobles) and the people could not endure such doings (for long), and 
once when the king, through his royal prestige, made the taxes payable 
by the people three times (in one year), they dismissed the Stok-ka-lon 3 
office and evicted the Bhemo. Then they asked Bhe-k’yim-wangmo 
of Sod 4 to become queen. She had three daughters and two sons. 
The name of the elder soil was Lha-cli’en-mi-gyur-ts’e-stan-nam-gyal; 
of the younger one, Ts’e-pal-mi-gyur-don-dub-nam-gyal. The lesser 
queen K‘a-t‘un-ts‘e-ring had one son, Jigs-med-nam-gyal. Then the 
king died. As the sons were yet minors, the Hemi-Sku-cho‘g took 
counsel with the princes and the nobles, and asked on behalf of the 
prince (XXIX) Ts'e-stan-nam-gyal for a queen at Pal-k’yum-k‘ar 5 in 
Purig. The prince Don-dub became Lama at Hemis. The son of K‘a- 
t’un-ts’e-ring became Lama at T’i-tse. One daughter was given in 
marriage at Pal-k’yum-k’ar, another to Ka-lon-Ts’e-wang-don-dub, the 
especially elected. Tlie 2nd grade were tlie hereditary Lon-pos, also a small 
number, the 1st grade, the Ka-lons, likewise 4 or 5 only, and also hereditary. 
1 In Zangsk’ar. Drew’s map : Zang-la. 
2 A woman of the lowest cast, Muhammadan, masc. Bhe-da. According to 
manuscript C she was from Tsang-ra (in Pu-rig). 
3 Stok, village opposite Leh, south of the Indus The king of Ladakh usually 
resides at Stok, where he has a fine palace, which he keeps in excellent repair. To 
this palace the king seems to have taken the Bhe-mo, and the Ka-lon probably 
connived. 
In Pu-rig. 
3 Near Kargil. 
