Da rgyal Khri zung

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Other names / Alternative spellings 

Da rgyal Khri zung (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 63, 98, 100-101) 

Da rgyal (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 118)

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

Dags ? 

Da rgyal 

Period of activity 

VIIth century 

Reign of Khri 'Dus srong mang po rje 

Biographical data 

In Hog year [675] 'bon Da rgyal Khri zung offered a great gold vessel (or a lot of gold and copper, or gilded copper ? gser zangs chen po, ms. PT 1288-ITH 750 l. 63). 

In Hog year [687] 'bon Da rgyal khri zung, gNubs Mang nyen bzhi brtsan, and mGar sTa gu ri zung met (i.e. gathered the assembly ?) in bZang sum tsal (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 98-99). 

'Bon Da rgyal khri zung gathered the winter [assembly] at Zhogs gyi tshur lung in Hog year [687] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 100-101). 

dBon Da rgyal [Khri zung] and blon che (Great Minister) [mGar] Khri 'bring gathered the assembly at rTsang gyi gling kar tshal in Tiger year [690] (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 105-106). 

In the winter of Horse year [694-695] 'bon Da rgyal and gNubs Mang nyen bzhi brtsan gathered the assembly at Glagi pu chung, 'bon Da rgyal [Khri zung] died soon after (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 118). 

Titles 

'bon (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 63, 98, 100-101, 118) 

dbon (ms. PT 1288-ITJ 750 l. 105)  

Notes

Da rgyal is thought to be the title or the family name of the rulers of Dags po (see Dotson 2009 p. 35 and Uebach 1997 p. 61, following Uray 1963, see references to "sPu rgyal", "Da rgyal" and "rKong rgyal" and to "Dar rgyal sProg zin" in ms. ITJ 734 l. 4r125, 8r335).

'bon Da rgyal Khri zung was likely the husband of btsan mo Khri mo stengs who was sent to rule the Dags territory in Rat year [688]. He may also have been Da rgyal bTsan zung's father (See Uebach 1997 p. 61).