evidence: Located near the Ladakh-Tibet frontier, Demchok is at the heart of a growing confrontation between the two civilisational nation states in the trans Himalayas. Recent reports indicate increased hostility from China’s border guards towards Indian patrolling units Demchok village in India is nestled at the foot of the revered Lhari Karpo (white holy mountain), known as ‘Chhota Kailash’ to both Buddhist and Hindu pilgrims. According to the Treaty of Tingmosgang in 1684, Demchok was considered a part of India. In the 1840s, a Dogra invasion of western Tibet resulted in a stalemate, leading to the Treaty of Chushul, which marked the old and established frontiers at Demchok as the boundary between both sides.