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The chief difficulty with regard to the events told in this chapter is the tale of Dños-grub-bstan-bdzin.
According to Basti-Rām he was deposed a long time before the Balti war; but according to the Tibetans
it was immediately before the war, after a reign of five or six years (1835-40 or -41). According to
Basti-Rām he ran away to Spi-ti as soon as he heard of Zorawar's approach; but according to the Royal-rabs
he went to meet him in Zaňs-dkar. With regard to Prince Mehog-sprul, Cunningham says in this chapter that
he went as far as Kotgur, where he died in 1839, being 21 years old. A 'Song of Prince Mehog-sprul's flight'
is found in my History of Western Tibet (p. 152), where we find also (p. 160) a song on King Hjigs-med-rnam-raya].

No long time after [that event Zorawar] deliberated with regard to the question
of sending an army against Yar-khen (Yarkand) and Byaň-thaň. As it was a long way
to Yar-khen, he resolved to send an army against Mňaḥ-ris-skor-gsum. Therefore the
Wazir with as many officers and soldiers as he had with him; the Ladakhi [chieftain]
No-no-Bsod-nams; the minister of Ba-sgo (Bab-sgo); Go-lam-Khan; Mgon-po, the
steward; the minister Sa-bi; and all the other great councillors and soldiers went to make
war against Mňaḥ-ris. (Ca MS.) Mi-yā-Mag-na, the Tha-na-dār, was made responsible for
all Ladakh. (Cc MS.) The He-mi monastery contributed 12,000 bushels of grain,
300 horse-loads, and 70 horses. At first they marched across the Byaň-la [pass].
Ru-thog was destroyed; and the minister of 'A-lci was stationed there as commandant
of the castle. It was very doubtful whether a Tibetan army would ever arrive [there],
excepting the 500 soldiers who were natives of Mňaḥ-ris. The Wazir marched off
with a great army, fought against Mňaḥ-ris-skor-gsum, and brought it under his sway.
At Sgar (Garthog) he built a fort (qila). Si-pas, soldiers, and castlewards were
stationed in Bu-raň, Ru-thog, and other places, and then he retired to Sgar, together p. 51.
with his army. Four days after the Wazir's return from Bu-raň, a Tibetan
from Bu-raň, the chief of the archers, with 300 cavalry and 10,000 foot-soldiers, arrived
there. Those fifty Si-pas who were stationed at Stag-la-mkhar (Ca MS. Dvag-la-mkhar)
in Bu-raň were attacked and everyone of them killed. The Tibetan army remained
[there]. Eight days later a minister, a ru-dpon, three responsible commanders, with
500 cavalry and 7,000 foot-soldiers, arriving from Bu-raň as reinforcements, are said
to have been in Gro-śod. More [soldiers] were expected to arrive by and by. Meta
Basti-Rām with 300 Si-pas was stationed at Do-yo. Basti-Rām uninterruptedly, by
day and by night, sent reports to the Wazir. At that time two or three days had
elapsed since the Wazir's arrival at Sgar. Then a letter with news arrived from
Basti-Rām. It was conveyed by Raň-thag-(Raň-ḥthag)-Bkra-śis-don-grub, a Ladakhi,
together with four men. On the following day the Wazir together with his army and
the Ladakhi noblemen went back, not leaving a single soldier [at Sgar], and once more
he arrived in Bu-raň. The queens (Zorawar's wives) were sent to La-dvags with
No-no Don-ldan of Phyi-dbaň. A little below Do-yo he established a camp and
remained. Then five or six great skirmishes took place. The Tibetan army, remaining
inside the castle, did not incur much loss; but on the Wazir's part, being outside, many
Si-pas were killed. Then snow fell, and the old men among the Wazir's Si-pas perished
of cold. The stronger men [among the Dogras] and the Ladakhi noblemen, wearing
their armour [fought ?] day and night without a break. (Text uncertain.) One day
very early, at first dawn, the Tibetan army left the castle of Stag-la; 3,000 cavalry,