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school, and founded the monastery of Thub-tan Nam-gyal at Tanag. 
He was succeeded by his son Don-yo-ge. 
Don-yo being entrusted with the command of the army recovered 
the towns of Bragkar, Chhu-shul and Lhunpo-tse from the hands of Nelva. 
He favoured the Karmapa sect of the ancient school of Buddhists, in 
furtherance of whose cause he founded the Yanpa Chan monastery. He 
sent an army to subjugate Kyid-shod, but it was repulsed by the 
Gah-dan forces which came to assist the aggrieved party. His son Nag- 
A 
Wan namgyal became the prime-minister to King Pal Nag Wanpo and 
was a great warrior and scholar. He incurred the displeasure of the king 
by having tried to employ the army under his command to take possession 
of E' Nal, in consequence of which he lost his possessions in IT. He, 
however, retrieved this loss by fresh acquisitions in another quarter, for 
Sengetse, Lato, Lho and other places, came under him. He patronized the 
monastic institutions of Tsan. He left three sons, of whom the second, 
called Ton Dub Dorje, succeeded him in his dignities and possessions. 
This young chief was also a valiant warrior. He obtained possession of 
Lhun Dub-tse-Jon and founded the monastery of Ssan-rablin. He 
became acquainted with the dogma of the Dsogchhenpa class of the 
Ninma school. The youngest Nag-WanJig-Grag also became a very 
learned man and wrote many works such as a history of Tartar kings, 
a Romance of S'ambhala, and many other poetical narrations. His son 
Da-Ssanpo inherited his property and dignities. In his old age, many 
of his subject chiefs having deserted him, he became poor. 
II. The House of Shon-nu Ssahpo, the Tartar (Hor). 
This family traces its origin to the royal races of the city of Sahore 
in ancient India. Dharmasoka, king of Magadha, who was born of the family 
of king Dasaratha, built one million chhortens, and performed other reli¬ 
gious acts showing his great piety. His son Jaya also received many 
miraculous blessings from heaven by means of his prayers. One of his 
illustrious descendants, named Indrabhuti, king of Sahore, became well versed 
in the Tantras and ultimately attained sainthood. 
His grandsons Dharma-raja, S'anta Rakshita, and granddaughter 
Mandarava, were famous for their devotion to Buddhism. The second, 
S'anta Rakshita, being profoundly read in five classes of Buddhist scriptures, 
went over to the snowy country of Tibet to lay the foundation of Bud¬ 
dhism. Then Mandarava became a saintly fairy. She was the reputed 
wife of Padma Sambhava. Dharmaraja succeeded to the throne of his 
father. He left three sons, Dharmapala, S'akya-deva and Mahadeva. 
During this period, king Thi-sron-deu-tsan, in order to found the monas¬ 
tery of Samye invited Padma-Sambhava from India. Arrived in Tibet the 
