396 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [August, 1910. 



(' Four corners ' ; name of the continent in the west which is 

 believed to be of square shape , and the inhabitants to have square 

 faces ; Zlum chags ( c Circle produced ' , ' full moon ' ; name of 

 the continent in the north which is supposed to be of circular 

 shape, and the inhabitants of which are said to have round faces). 

 If their (the continents 9 ) size is measured according to their 



000 



3. The Genealogy of the Sakyas. It is found in K. Marx's 

 AMS, and in Schlagintweit's text (SMS). It is interesting that 

 several of the mythological names contained in it are found also 

 in inscriptions of Ladakh and in folklore. This shows how 

 deeply rooted is the belief of the people that the kings of Ladakh 

 are descended from the Sakya race. 



4. The Tibetan Kings of Leh and Lhasa down to Lang- 

 darma, the Apostate. This chapter is entitled in Tibetan ' His- 



>f the First Spread of Buddhism.' It is found in K. Marx's 

 and CMS, as well as in SMS. The same times we find 



tory 

 AMS 



Mon 



in Chinese works. 



W 



(JRAS, 1880). A most successful attempt to reconcile the 

 Chinese with the Tibetan accounts was made by Herbert 

 Miiller in ' Zeitschrift fur vergleichende Rechtskunde,' Bd. xx. 



My 



5. Langdarma's Persecution of Buddhism. This chapter 



in 



It is found in K. Marx's AMS and CMS, as well as in SMS. The 

 same times are described in Central Tibetan, Mongolian, and 

 Chinese historical works . Even Alber uni sneaks of 



Langdarma. 



Even Alber uni speaks of Longdherman , 



Kings of the First West Tibetan Dynasty. This 

 chapter is called in Tibetan ' The Story of the Later Spread of 

 Buddha's Religion.' It is found in K. Marx's AMS and CMS, 

 and in SMS. The first part of this chapter was translated 

 by myself for the first time into English, after the text of SMS. 

 As the rest of the chapter was translated in an excellent manner 

 by K. Marx, I shall simply review the chapter by giving names 

 of kings, dates, and notes of interest. In the same way will 

 be treated the following chapters : — 



7. The Kings of the Second Dynasty down to Sengge rnam 

 rgyal. This is probably the biography of Sengge rnam rgyal, 

 compiled by his son bDe Idan rnam rgyal, as stated in SMS. 

 No oriental would begin a biography with the birth of his hero. 

 The hero's history is given at the end of a long narrative of his 

 ancestors. K. Marx's AMS and SMS are nrobablv such biogra- 



Sengge rnam rgyal furnished 



ground work. 



additions 



istory of Sengge rnam rgyal which are not found in K. Marx 

 Three Documents ' 



The 



This chapter 



