Kag la bong

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

La bong (ms. PT 1287 l. 355, 359, 362)

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

Myva (people)

'Jang (country)

gcung

Period of activity 

VIIIth century 

Reign of Khri lde btsug brtsan 

Reign of Khri Srong lde brtsan 

Biographical data 

[In 752 (? see notes)] "The king of Myva known as Kag la bong, after paying homage as a vassal, was given the rank of gcung, and [his (?)] people was added [to the tibetan realm (?)]." (myva 'i rgyal po kag la bong zhes bya ba / / 'bangs su pyag 'tshal nas / thabs gcung stsal te / myi mang gi snon btab ms. PT 1287 l. 345-346, see also Uebach 2003 p. 56)

Dvan cung kog, minister of the myva'i rgyal po Kag la bong, paid homage to Khri lDe gtsug brtsan (ms. PT 1287 l. 350-351).

[Kag] La bong victories over China and recognition of Tibet's suzerainty are celebrated in a song (ms. PT 1287 l. 352-365).

Zhang sTong rtsan, blon Khri bzang, and [the Myva king] Kag la bong sacked Se cu [in Monkey year 756] (ms. Or 8212.187 l. 21-22). 

Titles 

myva'i rgyal po (ms. PT 1287 l. 345) 

'jang gi rgyal po (ms. PT 1287 l. 346)

'jang myva 'i rgyal po (ms. PT 1287 l. 347)

rje (ms. PT 1287 l. 355, 359, 362)

'bangs (ms. PT 345, 346)

gcung (ms. PT 345)

zanpu zhong (De hua stele incription, possibly the transcription of the Tibetan *btsan po cung, see Chavannes 1901 p. 17, also possibly *btsan po gcung) 


Notes 

Kag la bong (Geluofeng in Chinese sources) was the son of Myva la kag and ruled the kingdom of Nanzhao from 748 to 779 (Backus 1981 p. 58, 69-85). 

According to the inscription of the De hua (or Tai He) stele, Kag la bong received the title of zanpu zhong in 752, while his son was given the turquoise insignia (see Chavannes 1901 p. 43).

For a French translation of the Chinese inscription on the De hua stele (dated from 766), see Chavannes 1901. See also Uebach 2003 (p. 54-59) for a study on the Tibetan names mentioned on the inscription.