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A Tibetan Inscription from Rgyal Lha-Khaṅ; and a note on Tibetan Chronology from A.D. 841 to A.D. 1042

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2011

Extract

According to the Deb-ther Sṅon-po of ẖgos Lo-tsa-ba the lha-hhaṅ of Rgyal Lug-lhas in Hphan-po was founded by Sna-nam Rdo-rjedbaṅ-phyug in a.d. 1012 during the early years of the restoration of Buddhism after its suppression by Glaṅ-dar-ma. The outline of that revival, known in Tibetan as- Bstan-pa phyi-dar—the Later Spreading of the Doctrine—is vague and the details scanty and uncertain. From the Deb-sṅon (Deb-ther Sṅon-po) it can be gathered that, although in Central Tibet the religion could be practised only in secret, in parts of the kingdom remote from the capital—such as Mṅa-ris in the west and Khams in the east—there remained communities of Buddhist teachers untouched by the persecution.

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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 1957

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* There is some damage here. The reading might be “las”. The gap in the middle of the last three lines is filled by a rdo-rje in low relief.