JOURNEY TO LHASA AND CENTRAL TIBET.
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having both meanings), where the first king of Tibet, Nyakri-btsanpo, was seen for the first time by Tibetans. There is a little plateau on this hill, called the "King’s Plain," or Btsan-tang, where a temple has been built called the Btsan-tang lha-khang.[1]
Leaving this interesting spot behind, we rode on across the fields
BAMBOO GALLERIES IN TALUNG VALLEY.
which the peasants were ploughing and irrigating for the autumn crops, and came, after a few hours, to the sanctuary of Gadan namgyal-ling, where Tsongkhapa took his final vows of monkhood.
- ↑ For this legend see I. J. Schmidt, op. cit., pp. 21 and 316. Also Emil Schlaginweit, 'Die Könige von Tibet,' p. 39 et sqq. Ugyen-gyatso visited this spot in 1883, and refers to this legend, op. cit., p. 27.—(W. R.)
