1881.] S. C. Das— Early History and Religion of Tibet. 159 



also seem to belong to different ages, as some are decidedly archaic, 

 more especially a small statuette of a king in silver which the author of 

 the paper thinks may be as old as the time of Darius. 



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 Pt. I, No. 3, for 1881. 



3. The Bon (Ton) Religion. — By Baboo Sarat Chandra Das, 

 Deputy Inspector of Schools, Darjiling. 



(Abstract.) 



This paper is a literal translation of the 8th and llth portions of the 

 well-known Tibetan work, Dub-thah S'elkyi Melong, written by the Lama 

 Je-tsun-lossang Chhoikyi Nyima pal Ssangpo about 1740 A. D. It con- 

 tains a brief account of the history, sacred books, doctrines and ceremonies 

 of the Bon religion, which anciently prevailed in Tibet, before the intro- 

 duction of Buddhism. Three periods of the Bon religion are distinguished, 

 called the Jola Bon, the Khyar Bon and the Gyur Bon respectively. Dur- 

 ing the Jola period, it appears to have been a kind of simple Shamaism ; in 

 the Khyar period, it was mixed up with the Saiva doctrine of the Tirfchi- 

 kas ; in the Gyur period, it was largely assimilated to Buddhism, which 

 had been introduced into Tibet in the meantime. 



This paper will be published in full in the Journal, Pt. I, No. 3, 

 for 1881. 



4. The Early History of Tibet — By Baboo Sarat Chandra Das, 

 Deputy Inspector of Schools, Darjiling. 



(Abstract.) 



This paper contains an account of the earlier history of Tibet, compiled 

 from original sources, such as the Debther-ngon-po, Chhojung, Ga-nag-gi- 

 tsi, Ngon-gyi-yig-tshang-nying-pa, etc. It is divided into two Parts. The 

 first part narrates the earliest history of Tibet, from 416 B. C. to 917 

 A. D. The second part relates its history in the Middle Ages, from 917 

 to 1645 A. D. 



This paper will be published in full in the Journal, Pt. I, No. 3, 

 for 1881. 



