18 Sarat Chandra Das —A brief account of Tibet [No. 1, 
following :—The place where Tsong-khapa discovered a conch shell, the 
foot-mark of Mudgalayana (one of the principal disciples of Buddha), 
the guard-post of the monkey that guards the hidden religious treasures 
called Ter, the residence of Thonpa hermit, who was possessed of the 
faculty of suspending his animation (Gog-Nom), the images of Rig-sum 
Gonpo, the hand and foot-marks of Chhasa clihoi-kyi-Senge, Tsong- 
khapa’s head-dress, rosary, &c., the foot-marks of the Bhutanese saint 
Dukpa-kun leg, besides many chhortens which are said to be of miracu¬ 
lous origin. The image of Tsong-khapa and his self-sprung bust are to 
be seen in the cell where Tsong-khapa obtained sainthood, and the hand 
and foot-marks of Tsong-khapa himself. To the north of Gahdan lies 
the large district of Phan-yul, where exist the ancient temples and 
monasteries of Kahdampa school, these being the seat of the Sharbu line 
of Lamas, among whom were Tenshar Pumpa, Gewai Sheiian, Phenyul 
Lhakhang, the seat of Geshe lang-ri-tliangpa. There also exist many 
other monasteries such as Chhoi-khor-ling (Gelugpa), Phen-yul Nalen- 
dra (Sakya school), &c. After passing these, if you go to the north-east, 
you come across a high hill called chhagla, which crossed, you reach the 
monastery of Chyang Tag lung, where exists the tomb of Dom (Brom) 
tan Rinpochhe, the illustrious disciple of Atisha. There on the face of 
a lofty precipice stands the recluse temple (retoi) called Siligatshang, 
the seat of GyaZwa Goitshang. To the north-east of that place lies the 
Rong district, where there is a Jong called Phudo Jong, and several petty 
hamlets. North-east of Rong lies the extensive country in which is 
situated the great monastery of Radeng founded by Dom Rinpochhe in 
accordance to the prophecy of his great teacher, the immortal Atisha 
(Dipankara Sri-Jnana). Radeng contains many sacred objects, sym¬ 
bols and scriptural inscriptions on paper left by Atisha, the image of 
Jam pal dorje of Guhya Samaja Tantra, and the image of Mai trey a 
constructed by Atisha himself. Near the south-west wing of the monas¬ 
tery of Radeng is the temple of Gonkhang and the tombs and images of 
the abbots of the Ka/tdampa school. In 1 he neighbourhood of Radeng there 
aro several fountains which are said to be I lit' abodes of different demi¬ 
gods, such as Nagas, Yakslms and Raksliasas ; also the large grove of 
8Uqvcl (juniper) trees said to bo planted by Domtan. Radeng, according 
to the book of prophecy called Ka//dam 1 ogham, once became the seat of 
learn in tr as well as tho residence of such illustrious personages as Pom- 
tan and his worthy successors, in consequence of which its sanctity is 
groat. It- formerly contained a largo number of monks and Ta-tshangs 
and religious authors, but subsequently when tho Digung (Digum) 
hierarchs bocamo powerful, this old and pun* religious school, which 
had turned out many excellent scholars, began to decay. It. has now 
