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ported with joy. He paid great reverence to the portrait, keeping it always 
before him. Then, by slow marches he reached Ku-bum. 60 Here he 
stayed till the 10th of the 3rd lunar month, residing in the new palace 
erected by the emperor of China at a cost of Rs. 2,50,000. Here in the 
Amdo country, there were 50,000 monks in all the monasteries, whom 
he entertained with food, besides distributing alms of one san to each 
monk. From the date of his starting from Tasi-lhunpo to the date of 
his arrival at Pekin, not a single month passed in which he did not receive 
five or six letters with gold tablets and rich presents. The Emperor’s 
arrangements for his comfortable accommodation and convenience were 
complete. Each halting station was furnished with 2,000 pack-ponies, 100 
dromedaries, 40 Mongol felt tents, 100 cotton tents, stuffed seats and 
cushions, chairs, and other furniture and utensils. A daily allowance of 
Rs. 3,325 was allotted from the Imperial exchequer to meet the daily ex¬ 
penses of the Panchhen’s party. At each station there waited a chamberlain, 
a master cook, a Don-Ner, 61 a store-keeper, several purveyors, a chaplain, 
a Dorjelopon or master of the ceremonies, a physician, a chief of the 
grooms, orderlies, cooks and key bearers. The Panclihen Rinpochhe’s party 
consisted of 500 monks, 100 soldiers or guards, 800 servants, 100 clerks, 
besides a few Indian Acharyas 63 Mongols, Chinese and Tibetan deputa¬ 
tions, consisting of Le-hu Ampan, a few officers of the Ampan’s staff, Eerteni 
Nomankhan, Ta-lama 63 and many other officers of State. A large convoy of 
provisions also accompanied them. The Emperor sent for him his own private 
dress, belt, fur hat, and other necessaries of a journey. Fruits and many 
sorts of dainties, and delicious dishes, and a few fish some of which were 
about thirteen feet long. The latter, though considered very delicious by 
the Chinese, were scrupulously avoided by the Panclihen and his party. 64 All 
the Lamas and chiefs of Amdo and Kham, the laity and the clergy, 
together with the princes of the 106 Mongol principalities, and the gover¬ 
nors of the thirteen provinces of China proper, came to pay him obeisance 
and receive benedictions from his hand. Even on the way he gave 
the vows of monkhood to three lakhs of novices. By these kind and 
generous acts he won the affection of all people. He started from 
ICubum on the 10th of the 3rd month, and reached Silin fort, from which 
by slow marches he arrived at a place called Pelokhc, where a deputa¬ 
tion from the Emperor, consisting of the High Commissioner Ta-phu, 
60 Vulgarly pronounced Kumbum. The birthplace of Tsonkhapa. 
61 The receiver of guests. 
62 Pandits or Buddhists. 
63 High rank Lamas are called Ta-lamas by the Chinese. 
64 At Tasi-lhunpo fish life is considered very sacred. Although the rivers teem 
with varieties of fish, scarcely do the people of Tsan kill or eat them. 
