a I, 8.] - History of the House of Phagdu. — ~ 205 
stopped at the village of Gya-mo-Shong. Here the house that he 
and his party occupied, accidently caught fire, which quickly 
ded him i 
narrowly escaped from being burnt. On his return he founded the 
‘monastery of Khartag Gonsar, and stayed there to avert the 
‘calamities that, oaks tire to his fortune-tellers, hung over him. 
e always ro ved from e place to another. Chyang-tag Chyan 
‘presided = ee head of “nd State Church for a few years. 
Afte ya Rinchen’s death his younger brother, Tagrin, 
filled the cream! of Nedong-tse. For some time the state affairs 
‘were in the hands of pete -tshan-Zang and ee cousin. The con- 
“Gongkar to relieve hing of the char e. He was ‘inthe cia a 
‘Tagpa Gyal-tshan, a boy of eleven, the son of Cakya Rinchen, in 
5 e year Tree-bird. 
ro boyhood Tagpa Gyal- tshen +00 to athletic and 
intellectual exercises. When he advanced in 
ina f 
of d Tsang he Emperor Ta-Ming bestowed on him th 
decorations of Konting Gushri and Tshan-ha Wang, and presented 
im with a seal fro time received other 
titles of honour, besides kind instructions from the Emperor bim- 
Self. Power, fortu and wisdo ere ever attached to him 
His reign extended from the 11th to the 59th year of his age. 
The under Bid le pro ed very much in wealth ie 
Another account of Ohyan-Chub Gyal-tsan and his successors. 
tn In the year 1302 A.D. Chyaf-Chib Gyal- aes of the well 
hown family of Lhazig, was born in the tow n of hag-du in 
L thy ising 1 means ix ruin him. a drove him to 
n the ae battle he met with some soa but was a Vieaniods 
— e war ed for many years, when altinatel 
ant Skane the arms of the chief of Phagdu, who captur 
t all the hostile chiefs and threw them into prison. After 
