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'CH. IX]

THE CHRONICLES OF LADAKH : TRANSLATION   129

marched across the Sod pass. He pursued those 100 Si-pas and caught them at Bhatura. He killed them all, not leaving a single one. Carrying away the treasure, as much as he found, he fled to Skar-rdo. Then, in course of time, the Wazir [Zorawar] arrived at Bab-sgo. The king of Slel (Leh) went there also, and both met. All went to Slel, the capital, and there they remained for several days. The kingdom was returned to the king, and not a single Si-pa or other man was placed in the fort as a guard. It was arranged that 5,000 Rs. should be paid uninterruptedly as tribute to the [Jammu] government. Then [Zorawar] returned to Su-ru.

NOTES

Place-names :—Man-ldra-bahi stands for Mandre and Waran, as I am told. Sa-phud seems to be the name of the territory on the Manasarowar Lake, which remained in the hands of the Ladakhi kings after the peace of Gtiii-sgaii. Laii-mkhar-rtse is a town in the Suru valley, below Dkar-rtse. La-luii-bsil-mo seems to be the valley of a small tributary of the Indus from the left ; it falls into the Indus opposite to Chulichan. (Map : Laloo–Simool.) Bya-luii or Bya-ruii is the name of a house at Leh. Srin-po-sna-hgugs (sna-khuii) is the name of a rock in the Suru valley, as I am told. The Sod pass is probably identical with the Hamoting pass. Gu-lo-ri = Kahlur, Bilaspur, the home of Zorawar in the Panjab.

With the above account of the campaign the accounts of Basti-Ram and Tshe-brtan of Kha-la-rtse should be compared. Basti-Ram, a Dogra officer and governor of Leh, wrote his reminiscences of this war at the request of Cunningham, who published them in his Lacicik (pp. 332 sqq.). All the numbers given by Basti-Ram are evidently wrong, either exaggerated or diminished. But the general course of events seem s to be accurate. Both accounts are to be found in the Minor Chronicles (infra).

Basti-Rám

1. On the 16th August, 1834 A.D., the first battle in the Suru valley. The Tibetan general was Maiigal (?).

2. The Dogras advance to Suru, where they stay eight days.

3. Conquest of Pas-kyum and Sod ; capture of 6,000 (?) Ladakhis.

4. Negotiations at Mul-bhe.

5. Bairkha-pa attacks the Dogras in the rear.

6. Dogras retreat to Lai -mkharrtse.

7. Bairkha-pa advances to Laiimkhar-rtse. Battle at Laiinikhar-rtse. 1,200 Ladakhis are made prisoners, among them Diios-grub-bstan-hdzin and his son Hgyur-med.

Tshe-brtan

1. First battle at Saii-khu.

Rgyal-cabs

1. First battle near Dkar-rtse. The Tibetan general was Bkra-sis-dbaii-phyug.

2. Dogras rtse.

3. Dogras advance to Pas-kyum, remain there for fifteen days.

advance to Laii-mkhar- 2. Three or four battles near Laii-

mkhar-rtse.

4. Negotiations about 1,000 Rs.

6. Dogras retreat to Lairmkharrtse.

7. 9,000 Ladakhis advance to Laiinikhar-rtse. Battle at Skyidmar-rtse ; 300 Ladakhis are killed, among them the minister of Tog.

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8. Dogras advance to Pas-kyum, Mul-bhe, Mkhar-bu, Lamayuru, Bab-sgo.

9. At Bab-sgo the Ladakhi king meets Zorawar ; both go to Leh (April, 1835).

Ladakhis under the minister of Tog, Duos-grub-bstan-hdzin, and Banrkha-pa advance to Laii-mkhar-rtse. Theminister of Tog is killed in the battle. Duos-grub-bstan-hdzin and Hgyur-med are made prisoners.

Conquest of Pas-kyum. kha-pa recaptures the treasure of Pas-kyum.

At Bab-sgo the Ladakhi king meets Zorawar.

8. Dogras advance to 11lkhar-bu, 8. Lamayuru, Wanla, Sise-mo, near Bab-sgo.

9. At Sue-mo the Ladakhi king 9. meets Zorawar.

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