Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Chimwe chezvibvumirano zvokutanga pamusoro pemiganhu iri murutivi rwokumadokero chakapiwa muna 1842 zvichitevera Hondo yeDogra<unk>Tibetan. Umambo hweSikh hwomunharaunda yePunjab hwakanga hwabatanidza Ladakh muruwa rweJammu muna 1834. Muna 1841, vakapinda muTibet neuto. Mauto echiChina akakunda uto revaSikh ndokupinda muLadakh ndokukomba Leh. Pashure pokudzorwa namasimba eSikh, vaChina navaSikh vakanyorerana chibvumirano muna September 1842, icho chakataura kuti hapana kudarika kana kuti kupindira mumiganhu yeimwe nyika. Nhamba
Kukundwa kwevaSikh neBritain muna 1846 kwakaguma nokuchinjirwa kweuchangamire hweLadakh kuBritain, uye makomishinari eBritain akaedza kusangana nevakuru vakuru veChina kuti vakurukure muganhu wavaigovana. Zvisinei, mativi ose akanga akagutsikana zvakakwana kuti muganhu wetsika wakanga uchizivikanwa uye wakatsanangurwa nezvinhu zvakasikwa, uye muganhu wacho hauna kunyorwa. Miganhu iri kumigumo miviri, Pangong Lake neKarakoram Pass, yakanga yakanyatsotsanangurwa, asi nzvimbo yeAksai Chin iri pakati yakanga isinganyatsotsanangurwi.