III. ARCHIVES OF THE DUCHY OF LADAKH — PART TWO
Archive of the Duchy of Ladakh in the Kingdom of Zhangzhung
Section : Kashmir
In the eleventh year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Flowering, Prince Charat of Kashmir presented to the Kashmiri subjects a newborn baby girl, the Princess Tripta.
Also in the eleventh year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, Kashmiri warriors inflicted heavy damages on the warriors of His Lordship Marzoban Aranemi of Kuci.
In the twelfth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of the Sun Reborn, Pheru of Kashmir claimed victory over his enemy His Lordship Marzoban Aranemi of Kuci, whom he obliged to renounce his claim on the land of Aksu.
Also in the twelfth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, the sons of the Zoroastrian gods began to be persecuted by their kinsmen, sons of the Manichaean gods, all over the world.
Also in the twelfth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of First Fruits, Pheru of Kashmir tempted the son of a Hindu warlord to forsake the land of his ancestors and receive a foreign land in fief from Pheru of Kashmir. This same son of a Hindu warlord later embraced the teaching of the Buddha, at the insistence of Pheru of Kashmir.
In the thirteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of the Sun Reborn, Pheru of Kashmir declared war on the Satrap of Udabhandid for the fields of Bannu, claimed by the converted Hindu boy received in the Kingdom of Kashmir.
Also in the thirteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of the Sun Reborn, Prince Gurdita of Kashmir entered into conflict with Pheru of Kashmir, of which he later repented and became reconciled with Pheru of Kashmir.
Also in the thirteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Snowstorms, Prince Charat of Kashmir presented to the Kashmiri subjects a newborn baby boy, the Prince Pheru.
Also in the thirteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Running Streams, Pheru of Kashmir defeated the Satrap of Udabhandid in legitimate battle on the plains of Nandana, there where the Holy River has its source.
Also in the thirteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Harvest, Her Ladyship Vina Ajatashatru, Rani of Kashmir, passed to the next world.
In the fourteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Snowstorms, Prince Bhagwant of Kashmir presented to the Kashmiri subjects a newborn baby girl, the Princess Dani.
Also in the fourteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Running Streams, Pheru of Kashmir completed the occupation of the lands of the Satrap of Udabhandid before sharing in a repast of peace. At the end of the repast of peace, the Satrap of Udabhandid delivered the land of Bannu to Pheru of Kashmir, who delivered it to his vassal, the converted Hindu boy who had forsaken the land of his ancestors.
In the fifteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Shortest Nights, Prince Charat of Kashmir, first-born son and heir of Pheru of Kashmir, passed to the next world. Prince Bhagwant of Kashmir, second-born son of Pheru of Kashmir, is designated Heir.
Also in the fifteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Shortest Nights, Pheru of Kashmir deceived the Raj of Tondai Nadu of the Deccan Empire, into a matrilineal betrothal between Sahib, Princess of Kashmir and First Granddaughter of Pheru of Kashmir, and Prince Hakka of the Deccan Empire, heir to the Raj of Tondai Nadu.
Also in the fifteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Warmest Nights, Prince Bhagwant of Kashmir presented to the Kashmiri subjects a newborn baby boy, the Prince Ranjor.
In the sixteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of the Sun Reborn, Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh, petitioned the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, to rescind the order to betroth herself to a son of the Royal House of Kayani reigning in the Kingdom of Kashmir, even with the matrilineal clause. The reasons expounded were as follows : the unbearable shame that would accrue to the tribe Draktsa if Ting, Duchess of Ladakh, were to wed a foreigner and bear sons outside the noble warrior caste of Kshatriya ; the unbearable shame that would accrue to the tribe Draktsa to be allied to a ruler incapable of waging war to gain land for himself ; the irreparable humiliation that would necessarily stain the whole of the tribe Draktsa if Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh, were to wed a foreign prince not in the line of first-born sons. His Excellency the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, dismissed the supplications of Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh.
Also in the sixteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Snowstorms, the Satrapy of Udabhandid collapsed under irreconcilable differences amongst the local warlords. Two new satrapies were formed, Shahi in the south and Dizaid in the north. Following these events, Pheru of Kashmir hired foreign mercenaries to fight in his future war against the Satrap of Dizaid.
Also in the sixteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Waking Sap, Pheru of Kashmir declared war on the Satrap of Dizaid, claiming the mountains of Pamir.
Also in the sixteenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Shortest Nights, the inhabitants of the land of Mustang abjured their Hindu gods and embraced the teachings of the Buddha.
In the seventeenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Waking Sap, Pheru of Kashmir defeated the Satrap of Dizaid in legitimate battle in the mountains of Tashkurgan.
Also in the seventeenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of Waking Sap, it became known that Pheru of Kashmir was having very intimate, very secret relations with a temple servant.
Also in the seventeenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of First Snows, Pheru of Kashmir passed to the next world.
Also in the seventeenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, while Pheru of Kashmir lay on his deathbed, Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh, petitioned the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, to rescind the order to betroth herself to a son of the Royal House of Kayani reigning in the Kingdom of Kashmir, even with the matrilineal clause. The reasons expounded were as follows : the unbearable shame that would accrue to the tribe Draktsa if Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh, were to wed the descendant of a foreign prince incapable of postponing his own demise before completing his war of conquest ; the infinite
benefice that would accrue not only to the tribe Draktsa but to the entire Kingdom of Zhangzhung if Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh, were allowed to wed a grandson of Pheru of Kashmir, the Prince Duddul, by the will of the gods born into the tribe Draktsa, and heir to the land of Skardu in Kashmir, by which inheritance the land of Skardu would leave the Kingdom of Kashmir and come into the demesne of the Kingdom of Zhangzhung. His Excellency the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, received the supplications of Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh, and granted her request.
Also in the seventeenth year of the reign of the great Mumar, King of Zhangzhung, in the month of First Freeze, Her Ladyship Ting of the tribe Draktsa, Duchess of Ladakh, was wedded matrilineally to Duddul of the tribe Draktsa — son of Nangzher the Dark, a first cousin of Her Ladyship Ting, Duchess of Ladakh — grandson of Pheru, defunct Maharaja of Kashmir.