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delighted on descrying land on the north,and gradually descending as it were 
from heaven, down the slopes, he arrived at Tsan-than, 16 a great plateau 
with four passages on its four sides. Here he was met by many natives, who, 
struck with the graceful looks of the stranger, asked him respectfully, who he 
was, and where he came from. He replied to them by signs (for he knew not 
their language) that he was a prince, and pointing his finger towards the 
top of Lhari, he showed the direction he had come from. The Tibetans, 
who were sure they had seen him come from the direction of heaven, took 
him for a god who had descended from the celestial regions. Prostrating them¬ 
selves before him, they entreated him to be their king, an offer which he 
gladly accepted. Then placing him on a chair, they carried him in solemn 
procession to the central country. From being borne on the back of men, 
seated on a chair, he was called by the name of Nah-Thi-tsanpo 17 . He erected 
the great palace of Yumbu Lagan, 18 on the site of which Lhasa was 
built in later days. He married a Tibetan lady named Nam Mug-mug, 19 who, 
says the legend, was a fairy. After a long and prosperous reign of many 
years, which was marked by the dispensation of wise and impartial justice, 
the king died, leaving the throne to his son Mug-Thi-tsanpo. 20 The first 
seven kings, counting from Nah-Thi-tsanpo, are well known by the 
designation of Namgyi-Thi 21 . Di-gum-tsanpo, the eighth in descent from 
Nah-Thi, was married to Lu-tsan-mer-cham, 22 by whom he had three sons. 
His minister, named Lo-nam, was a very ambitious man, who rebelled 
against him. An internecine war followed in which the king was killed. 
It was during this war that the use of the coat of mail (klirab) was first 
introduced into Tibet from Mar-Kham. 23 The victorious minister, having 
married one of the widows of the late king, usurped the throne and obliged 
the three princes to fly towards Kon-po. He reigned for several years. 
The widow of the late king and mother of the three princes, by invoking the 
goblin Yar-lha-sampo, got a son, who eventually rising to the post of 
16 in the Province of ^Us. 
17 yftah, back ; khri, chair; £tsanpo, king (chair-borne king). See Note 6 on p. 212. 
£Tsanpo ) is a purely ancient Tibetan word meaning the powerful. J?tsan 
means a spirit, and po is the substantive particle which also partakes of the nature 
of a definite article. 
18 wrs'srtp’ 19 iwjs'vs'v "aErg-jq&i-rr 
21 </Nam = heaven, gyi => of, Khri =» throne; hence celestial throne. 
22 
28 A province of Kham on the north-west of If (dUs). 
