[3] Galdan Chhewang first secured his flanks when he made a treaty with Raja Kehri Singh of Bashahr, granting him trade rights with Tibet.

[1] Galdan Chhewang's first campaign resulted in the defeat of the Ladakhi army led by Shakya Gyatso (Wylie: Sakya rGya-mTsho, at Khan-dMar.

Kashmir was a Mughal province at this time and included Ladakh in its sphere of influence.

[5][6] Johan Eleverskog writes that in his struggle for power over Tibet, the Fifth Dalai Lama employed fear and violence over the Tibetan territories.

[7] In 1684, the Ganden Phodrang Prime Minister Desi Sangye Gyatso[8] and the King Delek Namgyal of Ladakh signed the 1684 Treaty of Tingmosgang to end the war.