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du, Haramosh and Chamugarh from his father, ie the lands north
of the rivers Gilgit and Indus on both sides of the confluence. As
I tried to show in this study, this zone had always maintained close
connection with Baltistan. Therefore the successor of the exiled
Patola-ruler documented his presence and power in this area by
the Danyor inscription.
We may conclude that the almost general assumption, that the last
dynasty of Gilgit and its collateral lines were of mixed but primari-
ly Turkish descent, corresponds to reality. Adventurers from the
Central Asian steppes had participated in political and religious
dissensions for many centuries - until finally one representative of
this group, already imbued by the spiritual heritage of post-Bud-
dhist Bolorian Tibet, occupied the throne of the neighbouring
kingdom.
When did those crucial events happen?
Even in the final chapters of the (ie before 1148-
1150) the Däradas together with their barbarian allies (SAXENA
1974: 268; Rä/'atanmgml VIII: 2775-2782) appear as a dangerous
and adventurous power. No stories of this kind are told in the
work of (Reprint 1975). I tried to explain the difference
by assuming that the united Bolör/Därada state under kings who
had Sanskrit names had been dissolved in the meantime, the frag-
ments no longer had the strength for dangerous inroads.
That would mean the accession of the Tarakhané took place in the
13^ century AD - a rather conservative estimation not too dif-
ferent from the dates proposed by authors as BlDDULPH (14^ cen-
tury AD, 1971: 134) or HASHMATULLAH KHAN (1120-1160 AD,
1987: 758) for the ruler who married the daughter of the mur-
dered tyrant Shiri Badât. Only DANI, who had the difficult task to
bring the proud legend, posthumously propagated in the manipu-
lated version to prove the ancestry of Shah Rais Khan (1987), in
tune with the historical data, concludes a transfer of power in the
middle of the eighth or at the beginning of the ninth century AD.
The rulers of the Därada state reinforced by the resources of
Bolör used much of their energy for harassing Kashmir and other
states at the fringe of the mountains by plundering and inroads. It
seems that the following dynasty - with a reduced base and differ-
ent traditions had other tasks and aims. The areas of Bolorian
Tibet, which had been depopulated during the time of the transmi-
grations became attractive for settlers, especially among those who
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of the rivers Gilgit and Indus on both sides of the confluence. As
I tried to show in this study, this zone had always maintained close
connection with Baltistan. Therefore the successor of the exiled
Patola-ruler documented his presence and power in this area by
the Danyor inscription.
We may conclude that the almost general assumption, that the last
dynasty of Gilgit and its collateral lines were of mixed but primari-
ly Turkish descent, corresponds to reality. Adventurers from the
Central Asian steppes had participated in political and religious
dissensions for many centuries - until finally one representative of
this group, already imbued by the spiritual heritage of post-Bud-
dhist Bolorian Tibet, occupied the throne of the neighbouring
kingdom.
When did those crucial events happen?
Even in the final chapters of the (ie before 1148-
1150) the Däradas together with their barbarian allies (SAXENA
1974: 268; Rä/'atanmgml VIII: 2775-2782) appear as a dangerous
and adventurous power. No stories of this kind are told in the
work of (Reprint 1975). I tried to explain the difference
by assuming that the united Bolör/Därada state under kings who
had Sanskrit names had been dissolved in the meantime, the frag-
ments no longer had the strength for dangerous inroads.
That would mean the accession of the Tarakhané took place in the
13^ century AD - a rather conservative estimation not too dif-
ferent from the dates proposed by authors as BlDDULPH (14^ cen-
tury AD, 1971: 134) or HASHMATULLAH KHAN (1120-1160 AD,
1987: 758) for the ruler who married the daughter of the mur-
dered tyrant Shiri Badât. Only DANI, who had the difficult task to
bring the proud legend, posthumously propagated in the manipu-
lated version to prove the ancestry of Shah Rais Khan (1987), in
tune with the historical data, concludes a transfer of power in the
middle of the eighth or at the beginning of the ninth century AD.
The rulers of the Därada state reinforced by the resources of
Bolör used much of their energy for harassing Kashmir and other
states at the fringe of the mountains by plundering and inroads. It
seems that the following dynasty - with a reduced base and differ-
ent traditions had other tasks and aims. The areas of Bolorian
Tibet, which had been depopulated during the time of the transmi-
grations became attractive for settlers, especially among those who
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