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and religious practices were firmly established. During the 

 time of this king, the Bon religion was suppressed, and the 

 holy religion was made to spread. 



(Verses). 



Then the regent of the conqueror (Buddha), the holy 



Zhiba 'athso ( S'anta-rakshita), 

 And the superior master of incantations, the ascetic 



Padma ' abyung , 

 Kamalashila, the ornament of wisdom, 

 And Khri srong Ide btsan, of surpassing thoughts ; 

 Through these four the sun rose in the dark country of 



Tibet ; 



as 



Through these holy men of unchanging kindness 



will 



i 



The [above] ditty was composed. 



His son was Mu khri btsanpo (798 — 804 A.D.). To carry 

 out to completeness the thoughts of his father, [this king made Fol. 20a 

 at bSam yas the noble sacrifice of [a copy of] the 'aDulba mngon- 

 pa mdo sde gsum (Vinaya, Abhidharma, Sutra, the Tripitakam). 

 He gave ample food to the clericals. Three times he equalized 

 the rich and hungry. In [some] parts of both countries of 

 rGya (China and India), not all those who had bowed before 

 his father, bowed before him. Although they did not, he 



1 Notes on this king. From the Thangshu : He is called Si-hai- 

 lung-lich-tsan by the Chinese. War against China. The capital, Si- 

 ngan-fu, was taken by the Tibetans, and a new emperor enthroned. 

 Then the Tibetans had to retreat. When Tai-tsung became emperor of 

 China in 780 A.D., peace was concluded. He sent the Tibetan prisoner 

 home. The Tibetan king did the same with the Chinese prisoners 

 Great oath of peace. Chinese Tibetan inscription in Lhasa, referring to 

 it. Brought to light byWaddell, J.R.A.S., October, 1909. Then the 

 Chinese and Tibetans were united against a rebel in Sze-chuan. As the 

 Chinese had treated the Tibetans like barbarians, there was again war 

 between them, and the Tibetans conquered Turkestan. The Tibetan 

 inscription in * Stein, Ancient Khotan, Tibetan sgraffiti at Endere, p. 



509,' may refer to that war. 



The Balu mkhar inscription of Ladakh seems to be of the time ot 

 the same king. See Ind. Ant., vol. xxxiv, p. 203 ff . , and Z DMO . 

 Bd. xli, p 583 ff. Balu mkhar was a custom house in those early 

 times. 



Fall of the Bon religion. 1 is related in full in chapter 21 of the 

 rOyal robs bongyi 'abung gnas, translated by B. Laufer, Toung Pao, vol. 

 ii. The trick by which the Buddhists were victorious, see in J.A.S.B., 



1881, p. 223. 



Notes on Padmasambhava. His life was translated by L. von 



Schlagintweit, Abhandl. der K. bairischen Akademie der Wissenechaf ten . 



Ib regards his connection with Lahoul and Mandi (Rewabtr), see my 



History of Lahoul. For his connection with other parts of Western 



Tibet, see mv Diary of a tour along the Tibetan frontier, 1909. 



