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English: This map can raise brows of many as most of people will unable to decode this representation. For their information, it's depiction of Durgaradesa what's being legitimate land of Dogras, approved in name of Baba Kaliveer. It includes the vast area over which we have legitimate rights as it remained under our authority or our allied groups and we exhibited our suzeranity over it from time to time.

It's land streching down to Multan, a city whose foundation has been credited to Dogras of Trigarta and on whom name there was also the ancient Fort; then on extreme top it extends to trans-Himalayan regions of the Raskam and the Taghdumbash pamir whereas on other side to Xiadulla and Qara Qash valley. If on it's one side it has ancient learning seat of Taxila then on other side, it too has the holy Kailash Mansarovar. Some of important facts regarding the base of this map must have to be discussed like that Hunza, the important frontier territory had the traditional control over Raskam River up to Marion/Maryang Pass. From there, the control line turned westward and reached the town of Davdar/Dafdar on Pamir River. The areas like Taghdumbash was under their control and the line then stretched westward and ended near Beyik Pass in modern day Tajikistan which could allow our people to cross over the Bajik/ Bayek Pass and travel along the Mugrab River to reach Shaymak and Mughob towns of Turkestan. In the year 1865, William H. Johnson, a British surveyor, made an journey to Khotan and he pointed that entire Qara Qash valley was then under the Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir. This whole thing is well noted in Johnson 's letter to Walker on 22 April 1866. We made the mention of Khotan right above, although it has not been added in the map but it's also an important thing to bring in notice that the chinese and tibetian accounts suggest the foundation of city in the hands of Thakkuras of ancient Taxila, thus, this region too had some historical relation with us. If speaking of Shahidulla, then in 1868-9 , Hayward visited the place & noted that it comprised a stone fort and several ruined huts originally built by the Ladakhi Wazir of the Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir. Even in 1890-1, Maharaja has been credited with the building of a fort there, financed by the British through the Kirghiz chief, Toordikul. Even some dome buildings were erected there as a cantonment; during Douglas Forsyth's mission to Yarkand, the Jammu & Kashmir authorities had made arrangements for the supply of provisions etc. up to Shahidulla; and in 1890, when a Russian officer had come to visit Kashmir, a dastadar of the state military department armed with a letter from the British Resident had been sent to Shahidulla 'to disallow' him entry. It therefore followed that Shahidulla was rightly part of state frontier. These things can be confirmed through Maharaja of Jammu Kashmir's memorandum of 16 March 1892. Towards the Mansarovar, Dogra General Zorawar Singh is credited to extend the boundaries who once swayed the region about fifteen miles of the border of Nepal and had full control over important military posts of Daba, Tsaparang, Gartok, Kardung & Taklakot. He had lasting designs on the region and desired to integrate it permanently to the Dogra principality as he had done in the case of Ladakh. He took every step to give a settled administration to the conquered people and a security to his conquests. For this purpose he stationed his own Dogra pickets at every important post, constructed fortresses and garrisoned it by his own men. The strategic places like Rudok, Gartok, Tirathpuri, Taklakot, Churit and Chumurti were properly fortfied and garrisoned with Dogras; roads were repaired, and arrangements were set up to collect revenue according to the old practices. Local Tibetan officials were associated in administration and were brought into service to pacify the populace. He also issued a hukamnama to the people at large that they should pay him taxes which heretofore they had been paying to the Tibetan authorities.

There are also records indicating that Maharaja Gulab Singh's General Zorawar Singh threatened to invade Chinese Turkestan itself, but he was restrained by the British Raj and the plan was postponed due to geopolitical updowns. Alas! he was martyred in the battlefield and many of his desires remained unfulfilled. We just brought the places under single portrayal which were once conquered by Dogras or their allied tribes on whom they have rightful claim.