The Manchu-led Qing dynasty had consolidated its…

1841 CE

The Manchu-led Qing dynasty had consolidated its control of Tibet after defeating the Dzungar Khanate in the early eighteenth century.

From then until late into the nineteenth century, the Qing rule of the region is unchallenged.

South of the Himalayas, Ranjit Singh had established his empire in the Punjab region in 1799.

In 1808, Ranjit Singh had conquered Jammu, which was under control of the Hindu Rajput Dogra dynasty from Dougar Desh in Jammu and incorporated them into his empire as vassals.

Historians continue to debate the reasons for the invasion; some say control of Tibet would have given Gulab Singh a monopoly on the lucrative pashmina wool trade of Tibet, others believe that he aimed to establish a land bridge between Ladakh and Nepal to create a Sikh-Gorkha alliance against the British.

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Lahore Punjab Pakistan View →

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Chinese (Han) people View → Tibetan people View → Sikhs View → Chinese Empire, Qing (Manchu) Dynasty View → East India Company, British (United Company of Merchants of England Trading to the East Indies) View → Tibet under Qing rule View → India, East India Company rule in View → Sikh Empire View → Britain (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) View → Punjab, Sikh Kingdom of the View →

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Colonization of Asia, British View → Sino-Sikh War View →

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