Rala

Rala Kharmar stands in the upper Indus country of western Tibet, near the meeting of the river's headstreams. A Tibetan tradition associates its fortress with Nyima Gön, a ruler of western Tibet in the tenth century. In autumn 1679 the forces of Ladakh and the Lhasa government met near Rala. The Ladakhis were defeated and fell back towards their frontier, while others took shelter in the strongholds of Purang, Tsaparang and Tashigang.