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Cunningham's "Other Informa- Tshe-brtan. Rgyal-rabs.
tion."
3. Dēwān Haricand and Wāzir 3. Dēwān Haricand and Wāzir- 3. Dēwān Haricand and Wāzir-
Ratanu arrive with fresh Ratun arrive at Leh with Tunu arrive at Leh with a
troops. 8,000 soldiers. great army.
4. Lee-hbre is conquered by the 4. Lee-hbre is conquered by the
Dogras. Dogras.
5. The Tibetans flee towards Ru- 5. Battle of Chu-sul. The 5. The Tibetans receive reinforce-
thog, and take up a strong Tibetans are beaten. ments, numbering 5,000.
position. Battle of Rdo-khug, the
Tibetans are beaten.
6. The Lhasa commander is taken 6. Ra-ga-śa, the Tibetan general, 6. The Tibetan camp is flooded
prisoner. is seized and killed by the by the Dogras. Ra-ga-śa,
Dogras. Zur-khañ, and Pt-śi-Śakra
are taken prisoners. Ra-ga-
śa commits suicide.
7. Peace is concluded. The old 7. Peace is concluded. Exchange 7. Peace is concluded. Trade-
boundary between Ladakh and of prisoners. contract and old boundaries
Lhasa-Tibet is re-established. re-established.

General Notes.—An interesting song on the minister Dios-grub-bstan-ldzin in prison is among my collection
of historical folklore. A Sanskrit inscription in the Cig-gtan monastery possibly refers to the Dogra war.
It speaks of an army and the crossing of a river on inflated skins. Rayim-Khan of Cig-gtan, the hero of the
'Polo Song' (Ladakhi Songs, No. 3), is probably identical with Rayim-Khan of Cig-gtan, of whose tragic
fate we hear in Tshe-brtan's account of the Dogra wars. The Rājā of Baltistan, Ahmad-Khān, who was
taken to Lhasa as a prisoner, possibly returned to Kashmir State territory. His grave is shown in Kashtawar,
as Dr. J. Hutchinson tells me. In Shering's Western Tibet (p. 198) is reproduced a photograph called 'The tomb
of Zorawar Singh', taken near Taklakar. As Dr. Longstaff points out, the ruin looks far too old to be Zorawar's
grave. He connects the ruin with Haidar's Tibetan campaign in 1532 A.D. A 'Song of Zorawar's wife' is found
translated in my History of Western Tibet (p. 169). A document relating to the peace-contract between Tibet and
Jammu is found in S. Ch. Das' Yig-bskur-rnam-bźag, p. 52. This reproduction is so full of mistakes that
it is practically unintelligible; but the names Zur-khañ and Lde-mkhan (Dēwān) Haridzan may nevertheless
be deciphered.

X. (C MS.) The Later History of La-dvags, beginning with the Rule of
Mahārādza Gulāb-Singh

During the lifetime of Śrī Mahārādza Gulāb-Sing (c. 1842–57 A.D.), reigning over
the capital; Jam-bu, Ka-śir, La-dvags, Sbal-ti-yul, Bu-rig, Zañs-dkar, Kastrawar,
Bdur-ka, Dza-srod-dri, and Spyi-ti, in La-dvags the taxes of the great peasants
amounted to 7 Rs.; of those who had only half [a portion of fields and houses], to
3 Rs. 8 As.; and of those who possessed only a quarter portion, to 1 R. 13 As. The
nobility, the Prime Ministers, and the [other] ministers had to pay taxes in con-
formity with the monasteries; the taxes of the greater [noblemen] amounting to
70 Rs., of the ministers to 30 Rs.; while those of the smaller nobility were fixed at
19 Rs. All the monasteries were treated proportionately.

NOTES

Most of the place-names mentioned in the above account are well known. Only Bdur-ka and Dza-srod-
dri are unknown to me. The spelling Ka-śir (Kashmir) is interesting, as pointing to the hypothetical Prakrit
spelling Kaśvira. It is strange to find Spī-ti mentioned among the possessions of Gulāb Singh. At present it
certainly does not belong to Kashmir, but to British India.