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Sarat Chandra Das —Contributions on Tibet . 
[No. 1, 
During this time king Chha-Har having embroiled the six great prin¬ 
cipalities in internal wars, one of the princes took refuge among the 
Khalkha tribes. The Khalkha princes not agreeing to shelter the refugee, 
fell out among themselves. One of their chiefs named Chhog-thu, banished 
from his own country, took possession of the Amdo province. No sooner 
had he established his power over the Amdo people, than he began to injure 
Buddhism in general, and more particularly the Gelugpa church. When 
the report of his evil doings reached Gusri-Khan, he became greatly enraged. 
In order to succour particularly the church of Tsonkhapa, he left his 
native place at the head of a large army, and in the year fire-ox 
arrived near Khokhonur where he inflicted a signal defeat on Chhog-thu 
and slew 40,000 soldiers in the field. The whole of Amdo now passed 
under his power. 
He then started for 17 to pay homage to the Dalai, Tasi and Gahdan 
Thipa of whom the last was the spiritual father of the other two. He had 
an interview with the fifth Gyal-van (Dalai-Lama) and Panchhen-Lo-ssan 
Chhoi kyi-gyal-tshan whom he greatly venerated. At the time of his 
visit to the Gahdan monastery which took place during the night of the 
new moon, he saw the interior of the monastery by the light emitted 
from luminous pebbles on the floor and through the avenues. This event 
he considered very auspicious. In the year fire-ox during the winter 
season he returned to Khokhonur. In the mean time king Beri of 
Kham commenced to persecute the Buddhists, having himself become 
a proselyte to the Bon religion. Hearing this, Gusri-Khan marched towards 
Kham in the year earth-hare with a large army, commenced hostilities 
and annexed Kham to his dominions. King Beri was captured in the year 
iron-dragon , on the 25th of the 11th month and was thrown into a prison in 
Kham, while all the Lamas and chiefs of the Sakya-pa, Gelug-pa, Karma- 
pa, Duk-pa and Taglun-pa sects were liberated, and sent to their respective 
monasteries. After defeating Beri, Gusri Khan turned his attention 
towards the conquest of Jah, the king of which country submitted to 
him without hostilities and agreed to pay him homage and tribute. 
During this period the whole of Tibet was ruled by king De-si- 
Tsahpa whose fort was the castle of Shi-ga-tse. Having adopted the 
teaching of the Karmapa school, he tried to exalt it above all others and 
evinced much disregard towards the Gelugpa school. Gusri Khan took 
umbrage at this. Accordingly, to raise the prestige of the Gelugpa 
church, he invaded 17 and Tsan at the head of his army, defeated all the 
armies of Tsan and sent the vanquished monarch and his ministers 
captives to the prison house at Nehu, in 17, and brought the whole of 
Tibet under his power. He was now acknowledged as the sovereign of 
the countries Tibet, Kham and Amdo. He organised an enlightened 
