Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . h, there is a very long mani wall nearly half a mile inlength with high chortens at each end. This was constructedby King Deldan in the first half of the seventeenth very large chorten at Sheh, five stories high, was alsoerected by the same king. On the rocks at Sheh, just wherethe path from Leh reaches the Indus, there is a remarkableimage of Matreiya, about 30 feet high, which is thought tohave been sculptured by order of King Nyima Gon about975 There is also an inscription showing that at thattime the Bu
Beyond the Pir Panjal; life among the mountains and valleys of Kashmir . h, there is a very long mani wall nearly half a mile inlength with high chortens at each end. This was constructedby King Deldan in the first half of the seventeenth very large chorten at Sheh, five stories high, was alsoerected by the same king. On the rocks at Sheh, just wherethe path from Leh reaches the Indus, there is a remarkableimage of Matreiya, about 30 feet high, which is thought tohave been sculptured by order of King Nyima Gon about975 There is also an inscription showing that at thattime the Buddhist religion was fairly established in WesternTibet. It was not until the fourteenth century that Lhassabecame the religious centre for Western Tibet also. Fromthat time the Bon religion disappeared, but the Buddhismof Tibet became less Indian. Buddhism was first introduced into Central Tibet about400 Rather more than two centuries later, this religionbegan to spread rapidly owing largely to the influence ofKing Shrong Tsan Sgampo, who was a zealous THE UPPER INDUS VALLEY 195 But for another two centuries there was an acute strugglebetween it and the Bon Chos. The chief emigration of Buddhism from the Kashmir sideis believed to have taken place between 600 and 1000,and to have been then due to a general decay of Buddhismin the valley of Kashmir which resulted in the impoverish-ment of the monks and impelled them to move eastward. Rather an absurd episode occurred as I was entering was riding a local pony. These little beasts sometimesstrongly object to umbrellas. And I was carrying one, asthe sun was intensely hot. For some miles all went on when nearing my destination, I turned round to seewhether the baggage ponies were in sight. In doing so myumbrella must have moved forward a little. The pony atonce bolted and charged straight into the coolie who wascarrying my tiffin basket. And we all fell in a heap one was hurt, but th
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