68 Gain’ Das By sack — Notes on a Buddhist Monastery [No. 1, 
actively engaged in all suck departments of business in whick ke could 
prove kimself useful. At lengtk on tke 2nd of December tke mission 
departed from Taski Lliunpo on tke return journey to Bengal, wliere 
tkey reacked Patna in March 1784, and there tke Captain submitted 
to Mr. Hastings bis official report detailing an account of tke result 
of his mission. 1 
At the commencement of 1785 Warron Hastings contemplated 
appointing Puran Gir Gosain as a diplomatic agent at tke Tibetan court, 
and delivered to him despatches for the new or lather regenerated Taski 
Lama and tke Regent. On tke 8th of February 1785, ke resigned his 
Governor-Generalship and embarked for England. Captain Turner 
introduced the Gosain to tke officiating Governor-General John Mac- 
pkerson, and ke was allowed to proceed on his mission whick started 
in March of the same yoar. Passing through Bhutan and transacting 
business there, the Gosain arrived at Taslii Lhunpo. He too had come 
hero on a momentous occasion, he saw the removal of the child Lama 
from the Tliarpa Ling monastery, and his installation on the throne of 
liis predecessors, who in fact wero beliovod to have boon different cor- 
poreal forms of his own spirit. He had frequent interviews with the 
Regent and various Tibetan authorities, during which he did his best 
to confirm the friendship between the Bengal Government and the 
Tashi Lhunpo Court, under the shadow of which be remained for five 
months, and then returned to Calcutta with letters from the Lama and 
the Regent, which together with his own report he delivered to the 
above statesman* 
Thus ends a brief summary of the salient points of the missions 
to Tibet under Warren Hastings’ rule ; and in fact Puran Gin’s diplo- 
matic agency is the last of the missions which the British Government 
has, up to this moment, been able to send to that land of mystery. 
The Bhot Bagan originated from the incidents of the first mission 
in the following way. Mr. Bogle in relating the conversations he had 
with the Tashi Lama at Tashi Rabgya says, that on one occasion the 
Lama assured him that “ his heart was open, and well disposed towards 
“ the English, and that ho gave no credit to the representations which 
“ had been made to their disadvantage.” 
“ ‘ I wish to have a place on the banles of the Ganges to which I 
‘ might send my people to pray. I intend to write to the Governor on 
‘ this subject, and wish you would second my application.’ ” “ I replied 
“ that as I knew how desirous the Governor was to cultivate his friend- 
“ ship, I was persuaded on this or on any other occasion he would find 
“ him very ready to gratify him as far as in his power.” 3 
1 Turner, ibid., pp. 826—358. 8 Markham, ibid., p. 138. 
s Turner, ibid,, p. 419. 
