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in future to keep watch at the frontier of 

 Buddhistic and non-Buddhistic faiths, and 

 out of regard for the doctrine of Sangsgyas 

 would not allow the army from India to 

 proceed to an attack upon Bod. As to 

 merchandise in demand in Kashmir, the 

 following agreement was come to : The fine 

 wool of Ngareskoorsum shall not be sold 

 to any other country ; that the price of fine 

 and coarse wool mixed shall be fixed at eighty 

 nyag or two rupees, to be paid both in 

 money and kind ; that the Chang - thang 

 people shall not be allowed to use the nyag 

 of the people of the Indus gorge; that it 

 shall not be said of the wool of the Chang 

 that it contains soil, stones, or moisture ; 

 and that to Kudok itself none but the Court 

 merchant shall be admitted. Regarding the 

 fine wool trade, four Kashmiri merchants 

 shall reside at Spectub and do the trading 

 with the Kashmiris of Kashmir ; this shall be 

 the only way by which it shall go to Kashmir. 

 No Kashmiri of Kashmir shall be allowed to 

 go to Chang-thang. Those Ladak Kashmiris 

 who go to Chang-thang shall not be allowed 

 themselves to go down to Kashmir with loads 

 of fine wool. Regarding Ngareskoorsum, 



