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What these heroes achieved for the state the Gyal-rab or the Debther 
ftonpo does not relate. Du-sron mafipo was succeeded by his son Me- 
Ag-tshom 35 born of his wife Chhim-ssah. 
This king discovered an inscription on copper of his illustrious 
grandfather, king Sron-tsan-Gampo, which contained the prophecy that in 
the fifth generation under the auspices of his great-grandson, bearing the 
surname of De, the Buddhist religion would greatly flourish. The king, be¬ 
lieving himself to be the person alluded to, sent messengers to invite the 
two Indian Pandits, Buddha Guliya and Buddha S'anti, who were then 
residing near the Ivailasa mountain. But they declined the offer. The 
messengers, unsuccessful in their mission, returned to Lhasa, having com¬ 
mitted to memory five volumes of the Mahayana Sutranta, which they 
subsequently reproduced in their own language. The king erected five 
temples in five different places, 36 and deposited one book in each. Besides 
these, he is also said to have erected other temples. 
He obtained the volume of Buddhist scripture called Ser-hod-tampa 
from the province of Kun-shi in China, besides a few treatises on 
medicine, all of which he ordered to be translated into Tibetan. He invited 
several monks from Li-yul, 37 with a view to introduce monkhood into Tibet, 
but failed, as nobody would come forward to take the vows of monkhood. 
He found the largest turquoise then known in the world, on the top of 
Tag-tse. 38 He married Thi-tsun, the princess of the Jan country by whom he 
had a son Jantsha Lhapon. Queen Thi-tsun also bore the name of Nam-nan. 
Prince Jantsha Lha was famous for the extraordinary beauty of his person. 
H is father sent ambassadors all over Tibet to find a match for him, 
but they all returned without success. At last he sent an ambassador 
to China, to propose a marriage between his son and the accomplished prin¬ 
cess Kyim-shan Kun-ju, 39 the daughter of the Emperor Wai-jun. The 
princess hearing the account of the extraordinary beauty of the Tibetan 
35 Ag-tshoms means beard, hence this king was called the shaggy king. 
36 The following are the names of the places and of the temples erected in them. 
(1) Brag-^Mar-Keru. 
(2) ySan-mKhar-brag. 
(3) mChhuns-phu-sna-ral, 
(4) Masa-gon-gi-sha-khar. 
(5) Brag-wgrin-^Ssan. 
37 Li-yul is identified with Nepal hy the translators of Kahgyur. I have been 
able to ascertain that the ancient name of Nepal in Tibetan was Li-yul. Palpo is the 
modern name for the monastery of Palpa. Alex. Csoma identifies Li-yul with S. E. 
Mongolia. 
38 A hill a few miles north of Lhasa. 
39 I am not aware whether Kunju is a Chinese word, but the Tibetans address aT 
Chinese princesses by the title of Kunju. Hence it appears to have the same impor 
as kumari in Sanskrit or princess in English. 
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