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war (and came) as far as Ngam-rings. 176 At Shi-ri-kar-mo 177 (his army) 
was routed. Upon this, there arrived an ambassador from Tibet, and 
(it was agreed that) the frontier should remain as before, and that his 
dominions should include all the country up to Us-tsang. On his re¬ 
turn journey he died at Wam-le. 
Additions from C MS. 
At Wam-le, God-yul, K’a-nag, Tsang-mar, Skyu-mar-nang, Me-ru, 
Dar-tse 173 the people, and elsewhere in Upper and Lower Ladakh through¬ 
out his dominions he (himself) gave to him for the duration of the 
present skalpa, sites for religious purposes and estates. The great 
saint Stag-ts’ang-ras-ch’en built not only the He-mi 179 (Jang-ch’ub-sam- 
ling 180 ), Che-de (T’eg-cli’og 180 ), Wam-le (De-ch’en 180 ), Ta'sliis-gang and 
other Lamaseries, but also raised images and ch’ortens of gold, silver 
and copper. He made the clergy very great. 
In memory of his late father Jam-yang-nam-gyal, the king Senge- 
nam-gyal erected at Bab-go an image of the Buddha Maitreya, made of 
copper and gilt, three stories high, and adorned it with precious stones, 
turquois, coral beads, etc. To the Pan-ch’en-rin-po-ch’e in Us (-Tsang) 
he sent a present of gold and silver a large quantity, and pearls of the 
size of Chinese peas 108, coral-beads of the size of fowl’s eggs 108, 
amber, pieces of the size of apples 108, and other things. 
To the great saint, Stag-ts’ang-ras-ch’en, the Supreme, he presented 
100 ponies, 300 yaks, 100 cattle, 1,000 sheep, 1,000 goats, 1,000 
(Ladakh) Rupees, 181 100 zho gold, 3,000 loads of grain, one string of 
pearls, one string of coral beads, one string of turquois, 25 matchlocks, 
176 Comp, note 114. It is probably the has come to be a component 
part of the name, hence : Iang-ngam°. 
177 Name of a small lamasery on a rock on the right bank of the river Charta 
Sangpo (map of Turkistan) 29° 30'N., 84° 50' E. of Greenwich. The difficulty of 
crossing the river may to some extent account for the defeat of the Ladakh army. 
(Comp. Koeppen II, 146 and note 1.) 
178 Of these names God-yul is the name of the Han-le district. K’a-nag (Drew’s 
map : Kharnak, Survey map : Khanuk ; vulg., K’ar-nak), a valley in Zangs-kar. 
Tsang : abridged from Tsang-k’a, a hamlet near He-mi. Mar : abridged from Mar- 
tse-lang (Drew : Marchalong, Survey map : Marsahing), near He-mi. Of the combi¬ 
nation Skyu-mar-nang : Skyu = Skew or Skio (Survey map) in the valley of Mark’a 
in Zangskar, Mar stands for Mar-k’r (Drew and Survey : Markha); Nang probably a 
hamlet in the same valley.—Me-ru (= Miru, Survey map) on the Gya river, one 
march south of He-mi. Dartse. ? 
179 i n brackets are given the proper names of the lamaseries ; the other names 
properly belong to the villages. 
I s0 Schl.’s edition. 
181 1 Ladakh Rupee equal to £ Rupee British coinage. 
