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Spending a month at the residence of Nag-tcho, he reached Dok Mamolin on the banks of the lake Ma-pham (Holy Manasarovara), where the news of his arrival spread like wildfire. At this time, the generals sang the song of welcome like those ministers of King Thi-sron Deu-tsan, who 3 centuries ago had escorted Acharya Santa-rakshita from the confines of India into Tibet. Singing songs, they proceeded to Thaolin, the royal monastery with Atisa, always displaying a smile with Sanskrit mantras on his lips, seated on a horse which ambled gently, and surrounded by his companions. At Tholin, where another escort of 300 horsemen under 4 generals waited to take him to the palace, were sounded several musical instruments, the most curious being the long brass trumpet called the ‘Ragdun’, invented by Lha tsun-pa himself to welcome Atisa, and therefore known as Lopan Chen Denpai dun, i.e. the trumpet for inviting the Lopan i.e., Lochava or Pandit.