Khri gTsug lde brtsan

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Mu tsu brtan (ms. PT 1290 l. r2) 

Khri gTsug lde brtsan (ms. PT 16 l. 25v3, 28v2, PT 999 l. 1, PT 1286 l. 69, PT 1290 l. r2, ITJ 751 l. 36r3 37r4 38r1 39r2 41v2, inscr. Dunhuang cave 365 l. 1, Khrom chen l. f 31-32, lCang bu l. s10 s21, Peace Treaty l. e1, e51, w12-w13) 

Khri gTsug lde btsan (inscr. Khrom chen l. f5, r1-r2) 

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

sPu rgyal dynasty 

Period of activity 

IXth century 

Biographical data 

Khri gTsug lde brtsan's father was lDe srong brtsan (ms. PT 1286 l. 68-69) .

Khri gTsug lde brtsan's mother was 'Bro za (lady) lHa rgyal mang mo rje (ms. PT 1286 l. 68-69).

Khri gTsug lde brtsan's brother was 'U 'i dum brtan (ms. PT 1286 l. 69). 

When the name Khri gTsug lde brtsan was given to [the prince] Mu tsu brtan, the ban de Yon tan sang a song (rol mo glu tshigs bgyis pa ms. PT 1290 l. r2). 

According to the Sino-Tibetan peace treaty inscription, the three highest officials of Khri gTsug lde brtsan's government were [c. 822] : 

- the ban de chen po (Great Monk) dPal chen po yon tan (inscr. Peace treaty stele l. n9) 

- the dmag go chog gi bla (supreme general ?) ['Bro] zhang Khri sum rje [stag snang] (inscr. Peace treaty stele l. n10) 

- the blon chen po (Great Minister) whose name seems largely unreadable ("Lo bzher" according to Richardson 1985 p. 129, OTDO shows only an "o", inscr. Peace treaty stele l. n 11) 

Khri gTsug lde brtsan's blon che (Great Ministers) were : 

- dBa' Mang rje lha lod (see notes) 

- 'Bro zhang Khri sum rje stag snang (ms. PT 16 l. 26r2, 27r1, 28v4, 29r4, 29v4, 30r1, PT 1287 l. 116-117, ITJ 751 l. 36v1-36v2, 37r4, 39r2, 40r1, 41v1, 41v3) 

'U 'i dum brtan reigned after Khri gTsug lde brtsan (ms. PT 1286 l. 69).

Titles 

bod kyi lha btsan po (ms. PT 16 l. 25v3) 

myi rje lha (ms. PT 16 l. 25v3) 

lha sras (ms. PT 999 l. 1, ITJ 751 l. 39r2) 

rje lha sras (ms. ITJ 751 l. 41v2) 

btsan po (ms. PT 16 l. 28v2, PT 1290 l. r2, inscr. Khrom chen stele l. f4-f5, f31, r1, lCang bu stele l. s21) 

btsan po lha sras (inscr. lCang bu stele l. s10-s11) 

'phrul gyi lha btshan po (ms. ITJ 751 l. 36r3) 

'phrul gyi lha btsan po (ms. ITJ 751 l. 37r4, inscr. Peace treaty stele l. e1, e51) 

'phrul kyi lha btsan po (ms. ITJ 751 l. 38r1) 

'phrul gyi lha [b]rtsan pho (inscr. Dunhuang 365 l. 1) 

mnga' bdag rgyal po dpal lha btsan po ? (ITJ 637 l. 67r1).

Notes 

Nyang Nyi ma 'od zer (XIIth c., 2010ed. p. 385-386) states that : 

- Khri gTsug lde Ral pa can (i. e. Khri gTsug lde brtsan) had five queens : Cog ro bza' dpal gyi ngang tshul ma, mChims bza' Khyung dkar ma, sNa nam bza' A rje pho legs, Tshe spong bza' lHun gyi bu mo and lHa lung bza' Me tog ma,

- under his reign, the government included the minister (blon po) sBas Mang rje lha 'od (i.e. dBa' Mang rje lha lod) and the "religious minister" (chos kyi blon po) ban chen po dPal gyi yon tan.