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S. C. Das— Life of Sum -pa Khan-po. 



[No. 2, 



Chhos kyi rdorje, the younger brother of Bnog Rin-chhen 

 Issan-po, was born. 



Sa-skya Pandita arrived at Lan-ju (Lan-chau). 1244 

 Sa-skya Pandita interviewed the Mongol king Gotan. 

 Sne-mdo smar sen died. 1245 



Sa-skya Pandita's saintly powers were tested. Having 

 found him to be a sage and saint, the king imbibed faith in him. 1246 



King Gotan sent a proclamation to Tibet making a pre- 

 sent of the provinces of U and Tsaft to the Sa-skya hierarch. 

 Gya-pa gans-pa, the disciple of Dus-?>ikhyen, died. Sbom- 

 grags-pa died. ■ 1247 



Grags rin gnis mehhoiZ-pa of Phag--gru was born. Se- 

 Spyil Kha-va yeses of Lhobrag was born. 



Shaft tZkon dpal was born. Lo-chava Ras died at the capital 

 of the Hbrug-pa hierarchy. Sans-Sgom of Sfias than died. 1248 



Sans rgyas dvon grags tfpal of Stag lun was born. S'es- 

 rab Sen-ge of Ron, the spiritual son of Bgva Lo-chava, was 

 born. jTima senge of middle ZTbrug was born. 1249 



IfChhim nam grags became abbot of Snarthan. Sa-skya 

 Pandita died at Sprul-sde in Mongolia. King Gotan died. 1249 



Mun-khe, who was born in the year fire-hare, ascended 

 the throne of Mongol-China. The Mongolian army suppressed 

 Mon mkhar mgonpo gdofi in Tibet. 1250 



_HPhngs-pa of Sa-skya became prince Khublai's spiritual 

 guide. The Saskya-pa hierarch took possession of the 

 thirteen provinces of Tibet, called Khri-skor fechu-^sum. 1251 



The Mongolian king went at the head of an army to 

 Gara Zjan yul and returned to his capital in the following year. 1252 



Grags sen of Mun-mebrag kha-wa, the pupil of Jonah kun 

 span, was born. 1253 

 Spyan sna grags 7ibyun died. 1254 

 Bakshi became the spiritual guide of the Mongol king Mun- 

 khe. Ssem grags sen of Bya-yul died. Guru Chhos dvan 

 unearthed the sis Bhm ma scriptures. 1255 



Sans-rgyas (ZpaZ fcssan (Stag lun dvon-po) was born. Phorog 

 mdo-sde died. 125(5 



Senge rinchhen of 6'pa7ii-skya and of the middle JTbrug- 

 pa school was born. 



Kun dgnh Jssan-po of <Sne-mdo, an incarnation of Rgod- 

 tshans-pa, was born. 



jBgya?-va yah iZgonpa, tlio son of Thams chas wkhyenpa, 

 died. Bgod tshan mgou cdor of 8tod ffbrug died. 1257 



