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1890.] at BJiot Bagan in Howrah. 
the guardian of the minor Dalai Lama of Lhasa, to intercede in his 
behalf, and the Lama accordingly sent a deputation to Calcutta, with 
a letter to Warren Hastings in 1773. This letter of mediation was 
received by Warren Hastings on the 29th March J774, when it was laid 
before the Board. It is a remarkable document, and is given in Captain 
Turner’s Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Tashi Lama in 
Tibet. 
“ The affairs of this quarter in every respect flourish : I am night 
“ and day employed in prayers for the increase of your happiness and 
“ prosperity. Having been informed, by travellers from your country, 
“ of your exalted fame and reputation, my heart, like the blossoms of 
“ spring, abounds with satisfaction, gladness, and joy. Praise be to 
“ God that the star of your fortune is in its ascension. Praise be to 
“ him that happiness and ease are the surrounding attendants of myself 
“ and family. Neither to molest, nor persecute, is my aim : it is even 
“ the characteristic of my sect, to deprive ourselves of the necessary 
“ refreshment of sleep, should an injury be done to a single individual ; 
“ but in justice and humanity, I am informed, you far surpass us. May 
you ever adorn the seat of justice and power, that mankind may, in 
“ the shadow of your bosom, enjoy tho blessings of peace and affluence. 
“ By your favour I am the Raja and Lama of this country, and rule 
over a number of subjects, a circumstance with which you have no 
doubt been made acquainted, by travellers from these parts. I have 
1 been repeatedly informed, that you have been engaged in hostilities 
“against the Deh Terria (De-tar-ya), to which, it is said, the Deh’s 
own criminal conduct in committing ravages and other outrages on 
your frontiers, gave rise. As he is of a rude and ignorant race, past 
times aro not destitute of instances of the like misconduct, which 
his own avarice tempted him to commit. It is not unlikely that he 
‘ has now renewed those instances : and the ravages and plunder which 
he may have committed on the skirts of the provinces of Bengal 
and Behar, 1 have given you provocation to send your avenging army 
against him. Nevertheless his party has been defeated, many of 
his people havo been killed, three forts have been taken from him, 
auc l he has mot with the punishment he deserved. It is as evident 
as the sun that your army has been victorious ; and that, if you 
had been desirous of it, you might, in the space of two days, have 
entirely extirpated him ; for he had not power to resist your efforts. 
But I now take upon me to be his mediator ; and to represent to you, 
that, as the said Deh Terria (Deb Raja) 8 is dependent upon the Dalai 
Kuch Behar. 
The person who performs all administrative functions in Bhutan is called 
