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S. C. Das — Life of Sum-pa Khan-po 



[No. 2, 



Talai Lama Tshan dvyaAs rgya-mtsho renounced tlie vows 

 of celibacy and monkhood at JSkra sis lhunpo. 1701 



The iSde-srhZ (viceroy) Sans rgyas rgya-mtsho resigned his 

 office. The Mongol prince Lha-&ssan became king of Tibet. f 1702 



Snmpa 7?ikhanpo was born. C 1703 



Pad dknv /tdsin-pa was identified as the real incar- 

 nation of the Talai Lama. Lha-tssan, the son of Raha rgyaZ-po, 

 fought with the #de-sri(Z (viceroy) Sans rgyas rgya-mtsho. The 

 latter was killed, and with him four hundred Tibetans were slain. 

 Lha-issan declared himself the absolute monarch of Tibet. 

 The Talai Lama Tshan-fZvyans rgya-mtsho was ordered to China. 

 He died near lake Khokonur. 1704 



Pad rZkar 7idsin-pa Yeses rgya- mtsho was placed on the 

 throne of Potala. 1706 



The Talai Lama Skal issaii rgya-mtsho was born. 1707 



A great earthquake took place in Tibet. 1708 



The new Talai Lama and Bjam-tZvyans tshad rdor were in- 

 vested with the insignia of an imperial order. iTjam dvjans 

 &shad-pa founded the monastery of Ckra sis 7ikhyil in Amdo. 

 At .Dgon-lun the Dampa </siim (three incarnate Lamas) estab- 

 lished the Rgjud f/rva (Tantrik school). 1709 



Chhu-6ssan Rinpo-chhe, a second time, held the abbotship 

 of Dgon-lun. Sumpa wkhanpo became a monk of .Dgon-lun. 1711 



IZjanwZvyafis feshatZ-pa wrote the work called -Hjig-byed 

 chhos 7tbyuii. ichan skya Nag tfvan chhos Zdan died. 1713 



ZZjam fZvyans ZjsharZ pa established a Tantrik class at J3kra 

 sis 7ikhyil, and wrote a chronology of Buddhist events. 1715 



The incarnation of ickahskya Yeses Z>stan-pa 6'gron-me 

 was born. 



The armies of Chungar, or the left branch of the Mongols, 

 slew king Lha-&ssan. 171G 



The Chungar armies sacked the Eiiin monasteries of JHuam 

 rgyaZ (/lift, iidorje brag, Smiu groZ g\m, &c, and made the 

 Dge-lugs-pa church predominant all over Tibet. 1717 



Under the command of the emperor of China the Talai 

 Lama BkaZ-fcssan rgya-mtsho was brought to Tibet from $ku- 

 7ibun by Thu-Z>kwan Rinpo-chhe chhos rgya-mtsho and placed 

 on the throne of Potala. 



Hbyin rgan became abbot of Bkra sis 7tkhyiZ. JZjam- 

 dvyafis bshad rdov died. The emperor Khang-shi died. The 

 third of the Manchu line, called Shih-t.-su yun-tiug, became 

 emperor. 1721 



