, the most farsighted man the British ever sent to India, was the only governor-general who tried to open friendly relations with the Tibetans on a mainly commercial basis, without paying excessive attention to international politics. He twice sent British officials on mission to the Tashi-Lama, and maintained an interchange of friendly letters and presents with Tashilhunpo during the whole period of his governorship. The preference given to the Tashi-Lama was due not merely to the fact that he was the Tibetan authority nearest to India; the Third Tashi-Lama Blobzafi-dpal-ldan-ye-ses (I738-I780) was a forceful personality who had succeeded in gaining the highest influence both in Tibet and
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