at Bliot Bdgan in Howrah. 
89 
1890.] 
“ on the western bank of the river, opposite to Calcutta, which was 
“ formerly granted, under a sunnud of this Government to Teshoo Lama, 
“ for the foundation of a plaoe of worship, and as a resort for those 
“ pilgrims of his nation, who might occasionally make visits to the 
“ consecratad Ganges.” 1 
It will be remembered that in one of the sanads already described, 
dated 11th February 1783, a portion of the 50 bighas of land, thereby 
granted to Puran Gir or the Lama, is stated to be situated within the 
property of Rajchand Rai. Now in the absence of Puran from his math, 
this Rajchand, believing perhaps he was dead and not recognising the 
title of his chela to the property, seized not only the portion of land 
which no doubt had been purchased of him or his brother Ramlochan, 
but the other portions which, together with it, made up the 50 bighas 
mentioned in the sanad. It does not appear what was the result of 
Captain Turner’s mediation for the restoration of the land ; probably 
Piiran regained possession of it . 
Our Puran Gir Gosain, now between 1785 and 1786, settled down 
for good in his demesne, which, in his time, it is said, was exclusively 
and rigidly devoted to tho purposes intended by the Lama. They were 
both religious and secular, that is, the encouragement of the Tibeto- 
Buddhist religion and the promotion of the interests of the Tibeto- Bengal 
trade. His little territory had numerous cottages all around for the 
accommodation of pilgrims and traders from Tibet, and he divided his 
time between devotion and the carrying out of mercantile projects, 
which latter, so far as he was concerned, he advanced to enable him 
to perform those acts of piety and charity, in which the Lama, his patron, 
and he took supreme pleasure. 
Ho is said to have understood the esoteric principles of the S' dicta 
Tantras as well as those which, perhaps in a modified form, found their 
way into Tibet or were of indigenous origin there, and he adopted the 
ideas of the Veddnta philosophy, as represented in S'aivaism by S'anka- 
rae harya, to the Qiri branch of whose school he belonged. He, 
moreover, was constituted an agent to conduct mercantile transac- 
tions in which regular traders as well as pilgrims from Tibet and 
Bhutan participated. With reference to the latter it is stated by Mr. 
Bogle and Turner, that Sannydsis used to be entrusted with “articles 
of great value but of little bulk and weight.” His principal agency 
business was directed to help tho traders or their people in disposing 
of their wares and making purchases. The principal commodities, 
1 Turner, ibid., pp. 431, 432. 
