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THE INDIAN ANTIQUARY.
[OCTOBER, 1880.
In the national language Mungku means silver. were silver mines out of which the Nincheners, It is by contradistinction with the Gold i.e. the Kin Tartars and the Mongols, dug great Empire that this title "Silver" was adopted."** quantities of that metal, and great numbers of This is very interesting. There can be no pits in which the metal was melted are at doubt that in Mongol the name for silver is present to be seen." The old traveller tells us Munggu or Monggu. Now it is singularly curious the mines having been long disused had fallen in, that the two dynasties which succeeded one but he took a piece of the ore back with him to another immediately before the Yuan or Mongol Moscow. If he had known of this river it would dynasty, namely, those founded respectively by have strengthened the contention of Banzarof, the Khitans and the Niuchi or Jurchi gave which I do not by any means adopt, that the themselves names derived from two metals. The word Mongol was derived from mon-gol, a former styled their dynasty Liao, i.e. steel, and river, and, as he contended Saljiut was from a the latter Kin, i.e. gold, and it would be consis- Salja-goland Olkhonut from Olkho-gol. The tent if the Mongols were similarly to designate silver mines and graves in the old Mongol their dynasty from the metal silver. There country are described in some detail by other would be even a greater reasonableness in their travellers." These facts make it not impro. doing so, for their country was very rich inbable that the name Mongol is in fact derived silver. As Isbrand Ides long ago stated, "the from monggu, silver,' and that it was applied river Zerebrenski, which falls into the Argun about the year 1147 as stated in the Kangmu. about eight miles from Argunskoi is called by the We will now tabulate the genealogies we have Mongols Monga-gol, i.e. the silver river, because discussed as given by the principal authoformerly about two miles up the stream there rities.
The-Yuan-ch'ao-pi-shi.
Khaidu Khan.
Boshing khor Dokshin
Kharakhai Linkhu
Jaujin Ortagai
Tunbenai Setzan
Sankurbilge
Besutai Oronar Khuankhotan Arulat Sunit Khablurkhaku Genigesy.
Kabul Khakhan Sinshili
Anbakhai Chief of the Taijut
Ukin Barkhakh. Bartan Baghatur. Khutuktu Mungur. Khutula Khakan. Khulan. Khadan. Todayan Uchigen.
The Yuan Shi
Hai du
Pai-sung-khur
Tan-pa-khai also called Tun-pi-nei
Cha-la-ka-ning-ur
also called Chai-pur-kan-nu-ur Ni-ku-cha-wur-tu-ti-ko ancestor of the Sijiut.
1 Ko-tsi-ku 2 Hai ki litsi kotan also called also called Na-ko-hor Ko-huo-la-ko-li-tan
3 Hau-chun also called Ho-chan
Hata-le-tai
also called Ha-la-la-tai
Hor-shi-kwan
also called Ha-ta-li-chi
Ho-pu-lo also called Ho-po-lu-han
Hoi-tsin-pa-le-ko Par-ta-ma Hu-tu-ko-la-ma-naur Hor-lar-an Ha-tan-pa-tur To-to-ngo-che-si Hu-lan-pe
also called also called also called also called also called also called also cal Ugh-in-pu-la-gha-gha Par-tan Hwa-tu-lu-mi-niur Hwa-lu-la-an Ho-tan-pa-tur To-tuan-wo-chi-kin Hwo-lan-p * China Review, vol. VII. p. 282.
* Erdmann, Temudschin, etc., p. 513, note 8. * Op. cit., p. 47.
* Ritter, Asien, B. II. pp. 321–338.
