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Karl Marx— History of Ladakli. 
[No. 1 , 
For one month, they had only little fighting. Then there arrived a 
Tibetan, called Pishi, who was the head of the bowmen, together with 
about 100 men, to assist the Ladahhis. He took up his quarters in the 
Leh- castle. 
After that, there arrived from Kashmir Dewan Harichand and the 
Wazir Ratun, together with about 7,000 men, marching towards Ladakh. 
When people at Leh heard that the Dewan and the army had 
reached Khalatse , they all held a council and agreed on fleeing, because 
Dewan Harichand had so many soldiers, cannons, etc., with him. 
The king and minister and the chief of the bowmen fled in the 
direction of the upper Indus valley, together with one hundred men. 
The Ladakhi soldiers fled to their own villages. 
After two days the Dewan and the Wazir arrived at Leh with their 
men. They destroyed all the idols that were in the castle and monastery, 
not leaving even a single one. 
The king, the minister and the men, accompanying them, had reached 
Drangtse-lungs-Yogma. 
The day after this, more soldiers from Tibet arrived at Lungs-yogma, 
together with the minister Ragasha and Zurkhang , chief of the bowmen, 
accompanied by 3,000 men. When they all were assembled, they digged 
trenches. 
The Dewan and the Wazir also took their men with them and going- 
north, arrived at Dorkhug. 
There the Tibetans heard a rumour (about their arrival). Then 
the chief of the bowmen, Zurkhang, together with one thousand soldiers, 
went and fought against the Dogras at Dorkhug. 
During the first battle on the plateau of Dorkhug about 30 Dogras 
were killed, and Zurkhang , the head of the bowmen, returned to 
Lungsyogma ; then the Dewan and the soldiers also went to Lungs- 
Yogma. 
There were two hills on either side of the water. The Deiuan and the 
Wazir divided their army and had their camps on these two hills. As the 
Tibetans had made their trenches on the plateau, there was no fighting 
until the Tibetans came out from behind their walls. 
The Dewan and the Wazir with their men, working in turns, 
dammed up the water in the valley. As the Tibetans could not remain 
in the middle of the water, they were obliged to come out from their 
trenches and flee ; so, they were conquered. 
Then the Dogras seized all those Tibetans that were left and took 
them to Leh. 
The Tibetan minister Ragasha, and some of the army who waited, 
were killed by the Dogras. 
