1881.] Sarat Chandra Das —Contributions on Tibet. 211 
At the dawn of the 15th, Naro-Bon-chhun being dressed in a blue 
fur-dress, playing the cymbal, called “ sbang' 1 2 ’, and mounting a tam¬ 
bourine, went towards the sky. The pupils of Je-tsun, seeing this, went 
to him and found him fast asleep. One of the pupils named Be-chliuh 
addressed him:—“ Venerable Sir! Naro-Bon-chhun, early in the morning, 
riding his own tambourine, flew towards the sky. By this time he has reached 
the waist of Tesi.” Je-tsun being still in bed, his pupil thought that the 
Bonpo had gained the day and carried off: the possession of the place. Ear¬ 
nestly he pressed Je-tsun to get up, and the same was done by all the pupils. 
Je-tsun now looked with fixed eyes towards Tesi and said—“behold! the 
Bonpo, being unable to climb the precipice, has gone round it.” Then in a 
finger’s snapping he mounted the sun-beam and, by spreading his raiment 
as outspread wings, flew towards the top of Tesi, which he reached in a 
moment along with the glowing sun. At this time the Lamas belonging 
to Je-tsun’s order and the god Chakra Sambara witnessed the spectacle, 
and were delighted with the triumph of Je-tsun. When Naro-Bon- 
clihun was attempting to rise above the neck of Tesi, he fell down, and his 
tambourine rolled down towards the southern valley of Tesi. 
III.—PART I.—EARLY HISTORY OF TIBET 1 . 
(Introduction.) 
Prior to the advent of S'akya Simha, 3 during the war between the 
five Pandavas and the twelve legions 3 of Kaurava armies, one of the 
warrior princes, named Riipati 4 , through dread of war, fled towards the 
snowy country of Tibet. For fear of being pursued by the enemy or by 
his suzerain, the chief of the Kauravas, for deserting the field, he dressed 
himself in female attire, and with only one thousand followers took shelter 
1 The following account of Tibetan history is obtained from original sources. 
I have consulted Debther-non-po, Chho jun by Bu-ton, Ga-nag-gi-tsi, and the 
original ancient records of Tibet called Non-gyi-yig-tshah-nin-pa, &c., &c. The 
preparation of a complete history of Tibet from the earliest period to the present 
date for which I am at present engaged in collecting materials is under con¬ 
templation. 
2 
3 Indian legions amounting to one Akshauhim or Tibetan Puh-tshog. 
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