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Penchoo married a relation at Gantok, who j^robably belonged 

 to one of the Bep-Tshan-gye families, as the Tong-du-ru-zi at that 

 time were too near of kin to him. 



In this reign the monaster}' at Dubde was built and that at 

 Sangachelling commenced under the direction of Lha-tsun Chhempoo, 

 who also pointed out Pemiongchi as a proper site for a monastery 

 for pure monks (Tasongs). 



bsTAN (or rTEN)-bSRUNG rNAM-rGYAL 



(Tensung Namgye), who was born ia 1644, succeeded his father 

 Penchoo about 1670. 



His reign was not an eventful one. Lama Jig-med Gyatsho came 

 from Tibet and succeeded Lha-tsun Chhempo as his incarnation: 

 with his assistance the monastery at Sangachelling was completed: 

 that establishment was open to all alike, no matter what their descent, 

 so in accordance with the directions of Lha-tsun a third monastery 

 or building was erected near Pemiongchi for persons of pure descent 

 (Tibetan) only. This building was erected on a site about half a 

 mile west of the present Gomjja, and the remains of it are still to 

 be seen. The palace at Rubdentse was also completed. 



Tensung married three times : first, a lady from Tibet known 

 by her family name Nyum-bi-eumo : by her he had a daughter, 

 Pende Amo, destined to play an important and disastrous part in 

 Sikhim history. 



The Raja next married a lady, Deba-sam-serpa, from a family 

 residing near Tinki-jong to the north-west of Sikhim : she box'e him 

 a son, Cha-dor Namgye, afterwards Raja. 



He also married a daughter of a Limbu Raja, by name Yo-yo- 

 hang, whose jurisdiction was to the west near the Arun river. With 

 this lady came seven Limbuni maidens, who were married into the 

 leading Sikhim families. By the Limbuni princess the Raja had 

 two children: a son Shalno-Guru, who resided at Dingrong, but 

 whose family is now extinct, and a daughter Pendi Tchering Gyenu, 

 who married a member of the Nam-Tsang-korpa family. 



PHYAG-rDOR-rNAM-rGYAL 



(Chak-dor Namgy^) was the son by Raja Tensung's second wife 

 (DelDa-sam-serpa), and was born in 1686. He succeeded his father 

 about 1700, but his reign was the reverse of his father's. 



In his youth he seems to have mortally offended his half-sister 

 Pende Amo (who also considered that she, as the elder, was entitled to 



