Tibetan Inscriptions at Žva-ẖi Lha Khaṅ

Abstract

1. I have numbered the lines in both texts for ease of reference. This inscription is undamaged except for the lower left-hand corner.

bcan pos who were not khri: Royal titulature and the succession to the throne in the Tibetan Empire

“…also Demiéville 1952: 323, fn. 1 and Richardson 1952: 145f.). Haarh's own analysis must be treated with caution since he did not include OT documents as his sources, apart from a brief quotation of the OTA (p. 152).…”

“…The years 797 and 803 or 804 – that recur in later Tibetan and Chinese sources as marking changes on the Tibetan throne – could correspond to the abdication year of Khri Sroṅ-lde-brcan and his death respectively 45 . The abdication of Khri Sroṅ-lde-brcan is a recurring topic in later historiographical works (for an overview, see Richardson 1952: 141ff. and Haarh 1960: 122f.).…”

“…This makes 815 the first year of Khri Gcug-lde-brcan's reign (cf. Richardson 1952: 147). His enthronement ceremony is recorded in PT 1290: r2: bcan po mu cu brtan las // khrī gcug lde brcan du mchan gsol “The bcan po was bestowed the name of (lit.…”

“…The son, however, died young and his mother became a nun. (This interpretation was put forward by Richardson (1980: 64 and 1985: 32), and is only valid if Rgyal-mo-brcan = ǰo mo Byaṅ-čhub (Khra 10); according to KhG, Ɣbro-bzaɣ Khri-rgyal-mo-bcan's ordained name was Byaṅ-čhub-rǰe ( ǰa 98v1–2). KhG ( ǰa 126r3) confirms that the eldest son of Khri Sroṅ-lde-brcan died young.)…”

“…Bialek 2021a: 28. 804 as the year of Khri Sroṅ-lde-brcan's death was also accepted by Richardson (1952: 141).…”