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and iron, etc. This treaty remained in force till this day. 40 He also 
subjected Lo-wo, 41 (and the country) from Pu-rang downwards hither; 
in the south the country of l)e-shang to the place, where the water is 
fiery; 42 to the west, from Ra-gan-deng-sliing (and) Stag-k’u-ts’ur 43 up¬ 
wards hither ; to the north, from Ka-shus 4S upwards. (They all) paid 
an annual tribute and attended the Darbar. 44 
His son was: (VII) Lha-Ch’en-nag-lug. This king built the 
palace 45 at Wan-la, 46 in the Tiger-year, K’a-la-tse 47 in the Dragon-year. 
His sons were : (VIII) Lha-ch’en-ge-bhe and Ge-bum. 
His son was : (IX) Lha-ch’en-jo-ldor. 
His son : (X) Ta-shis-gon. 
[His son : Lha-gyal.] 48 
This king caused a copy to be written of the Gyud-do-rje-tse-mo, 49 
and of the Ngan-song-jong wai-gyud 50 and of the Gyud-bum, 51 all in 
gold. 
His son was : (XI) Lha-ch’en-jo-pal. This king performed royal, 
40 Some twenty years ago the tax-collector of the king of Ladakh, still used to 
visit Lahoul and probably Kullu, although the two districts then already were under 
British rule. 
41 Not known. 
42 Not known, although people pretend to know well that a lake exists, called 
by them T’so Padma-chan, to which the passage is said to refer. It is supposed to 
be in British territory. The Sham-bha-la-pai Lam-yig contains the following 
passage: ‘At the city of the king Da-ya-tse of Pu-rang, in consequence of water 
striking against coal, at night the coal is seen burning. It is said of this coal and 
water, that they have the peculiarity that the water, if introduced into the stomach 
of man or beast, turns into stone.’ What to make of this, I cannot divine, but it 
seems certain that the phenomenon referred to here is the same as that alluded to in 
the passage. 
43 Not known. 
44 Tib. 
45 usually translated by ‘palace;’ I feel inclined to prefer ‘fort’ or 
‘ castle.’ 
46 One march off the Kashmir road, near Ka-la-tse and Lama-yurru. (Survey 
Map: Wanbah.) 
47 At the bridge crossing the Indus (Kashmir road). Map of Turkistan and 
Survey : Khalchi; Drew : Khalsi. 
43 Mentioned in Schl.’s ed. only. Doubtful. 
49 ‘ Treatise of the Vajra-point.’ 
50 ‘ Treatise on the Removal of Going to Perdition.’ 
51 ‘ 100,000—Treatise.’ With the two first-mentioned treatises I am not ac¬ 
quainted. The Gyud-bum consists of 12 vols. (in the ordinary printed edition), but 
I have also seen very fine written volumes, one, e. y., on indigo-tinted paper with 
letters in gold. The contents seem to be disquisitions on the Mahayana philosophy. 
