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Sarat Chandra Das —A brief account of Tibet 
[No. 1, 
If you travel to the east of Dvagpo shadubling, you will arrive at tha 
Dvagpo country with NamgyaZ jong of Dvagpo and some minor places 
with a tolerable population, and then to the south of the Tsangpo you 
will find the Gelugpa monastery of Gahdan rabtanling (Dvagpo) and the 
town of Dvag Gampo, where up to the middle of the 17th century existed 
the descendants of Je Gampo, who for their dislo} T al character were ex¬ 
tinguished by the Orod Mongol chief Tshering Tondub and his troops. 
At present there exists an incarnation of Je Gampo, but no descendants 
of his. 
To the south of these there is a hill called Dvagpo Gongmola, 
having crossed which you arrive at a plain called Tsari KhiZ khor thang, 
where there are several petty hamlets inhabited by a peojfie called Lalo 
miJcya deny. Tsari being believed to be guarded by Khadoma (Daki- 
nis), or aerial goddesses, there is a succession of human Khadomas. In 
every 13th year (generally in the ape year) pilgrims, about 10,000 in 
number, travel together to visit the sacred places of Tsari. Lonely tra¬ 
vellers, nay even large bands of pilgrims, for fear of the Lalo savages, 
never venture to visit Tsari. The Government of Gahdan Phodang 
(Lhasa) sends presents to the Lopa and other savage tribes with a view 
to prevent raids in Tibetan territories and molestation of travellers by 
them. The Lopa and other savage people are said to have been brought 
to terms by the agency of certain Khadomas or fairies. The pilgrims 
who travel in a body, following the course of the stream af KyiZkhor 
Thang, descend to the valley, and there after crossing nine mountains, 
nine ravines, nine torrents, nine bridges, passing along precipitous and 
extremely narrow paths and threading steep precipices, and venturing 
through the extremely difficult and dangerous narrow passage called 
Chyadyl aud Chyidyl, at last arrive at the place of pilgrimage called 
Dvagpo Tsari Thugka. Then descending down a deep ravine and as¬ 
cending along the rapids of Chyayul, they arrive at Tshoi-ssamdung, 
which is said to be the limit of Buddhist pilgrimage. This dangerous 
journey takes a fortnight of hard travel. In this kind of pilgrimage, 
anciently, Tibetan travellers and pilgrims nover used to embark, but 
subsequently Lama Yesho Dorje, the chief disciple of Je Lama Phagmo 
<lul), happened to go there for iho purpose of making austere meditation, 
from which time the way to if has been opened and pilgrims commenced 
to frequent it. The summit of the mountain of Tsari remains perpe¬ 
tually covered with snow. Tho country is clad wilh thick forests. 
Beneath is said to exist, the abode of a Naga-demon named Tsva lu-du 
Dorje. Pilgrims who succeed in making a pilgrimage thereto are said 
to be ahlo to escape at once from mundane existence and misery. Tho 
wild animals of Tsari, and boasts of burden as sheep and goats, when 
