Lig sNya shur

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Other names / Alternative spellings

Leg sNya shur (ms. PT 1290 l. r.3, v.5)

Lag sNya shur (ms. PT 1290 l. V. 5)

Social groups (status, family, lineage...)

rgyal pran

Lig dynasty or family ?

sNya shur ?

Period of activity

VIIth century

Reign of Srong brtsan sgam po 

Biographical data

Lig sNya shur reigned over Zhang-zhung (ms. PT 1286 l. 07)

Lig sNya shur was residing in the castle of Khyung lung rngul mkhar (ms. PT 1060 l. 63-64).

Lig sNya shur's ministers (blon po) were Khyung po and Ra stsang rje (ms. PT 1060 l. 64) or, more likely, Khyung po Ra sangs rje and sTong Lom ma tse (ms. PT 1286 l. 7, PT 1290 l. v5).

Lig sNya shur was defeated during the reign of the btsan po Srong brtsan sgam po and Zhang zhung was vassalised (ms. PT 1288 l. 13-14).

Titles

rgyal po (ms. PT 1060 l. 64)

zhang zhung dar pa'i rjo bo (ms. PT 1286 l. 7)

dar ma'i rje bo (ms. PT 1290 l. r.3, v.5)

Notes

According ms. PT 1290 (l. r. 3) Leg sNya shur's ministers were She'u and sPug, this is contradicted by all the other sources (see above). She'u and sPug are usually attributed to sKyi rje rmang po.

Lig sNya shur might be identical with Lig Myi rhya (see Blezer 2010)

See also "zhang zhung gi rgyal po gnya' zhur lag mig" in dBa' bzhed (dBa' gsal snang 2010 ed. p. 52 and 55).

mNga' ris rgyal rabs mentions the "nub phyogs gnya' shur gyi rgyal po" as being defeated in the time of "gNam gri srong btsan", before the birth of Srong btsan sgam po (in Vitali 1996, p. 21).