ed at the western frontier of this territory of Khotan, they made one of their chiefs their leader and gave him the title of king. At the same time, the son of the emperor of the eastern region, meaning China, had been exiled and was living on the eastern frontier of the same territory, also with the title of king. When the two met while hunting, they began to dispute who was supreme. This led to a battle, and the eastern king was victorious. He created a fortified city and made it his capital. He was getting older and had no heirs, and he went to the temple of Vaisravana and prayed for a son. The head of the god's statute opened at the top, and a young boy came forth. The king took him for his son, but when he found that the boy would not eat, he returned to the temple. The earth in front of the statue opened into the shape of a woman's breast and fed the child. The child would be the beginning of a long line of kings of Khotan descended from Vaisravana (Stein, 1975, 156-157).
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