94 Sarat Ch. Das —Tibet under the Tartar Emperors of China. [Extra No. 
Tibet under the Tartar Emperors of China in the 13th Century A.V .—- 
(By Bai Sarat Chandra Das, Bahadur , C.I.E.) 
The Hierarchy op Sakya. 
Legendary account .—Once on a time there descended on the pure 
and lofty tableland of Ngah-ri in Tipper Tibet three brothers called 
Nam lha or heavenly gods. The eldest of them was Namlha Chyiring, 
the second Namlha Turing, and the youngest Namlha Waseh. 
These three brothers were entreated by the people of Ngah-ri 
to take up the sovereignty of their country. The youngest brother, 
choosing to dwell upon earth, became king and married the reigning 
chief’s daughter. 
To him were born four sons, who became known as the four Sijili 
brothers. They became involved in disputes with the tribe of Dong 
and the eighteen ancient tribes of Tibet. With the assistance of 
Namlha Yu-ring the princes compelled the eighteen tribes to submit to 
their authority. Namlha Yu-ring also choosing to reside on this earth, 
married Musa Dembu of the family of Mu, by whom he had seven sons. 
These were well-known as the Musang brothers. The first six of 
them, together with their father, are said to have been lifted up 
to heaven by means of a noose called Muthag or Kyang-thag which 
had been stretched down by the gods for their delivery. 
The youngest son married Thog-Cham Oorma, the daughter of 
Hoichen, the god of thunder and light. His son Thog-tsha Paotag 
married a princess of the Naga named Tama, who presented him with 
a son who was brave and handsome. He married Monzah, a princess 
of the royal family of Mon (Sub-Himalaya). They lived at the limit 
of vegetation on the slope of a snowy peak of that great mountain and 
named their son Ya-pang-kye or one born in the higher grass-land. He 
killed the Srin-mo (demon) named Kya-ring Thagmeh and carried away 
his beautiful wife YabumSilema to his mountain house. By her he had a 
son who, being born of a woman captured by fight or Khon, was named 
Khon Barkyeh, born in the mid-region. Hence originated the great family 
of Khon which played an important part in the medieval history of Tibet. 
Khon Barkyeh married a Himalayan princess named Tsan-cham Mon. 
Their son was Kon-jeh, the accomplished one. Being a man of rare 
intelligence, valour and promise to achieve extraordinary feats, he 
wanted to rule over a country. His father sent him to Gang-zang-lha. 
There observing the eight signs of a good country he made his 
