Between May of 2020 and January of 2021, thousands of Indian and Chinese troops engaged each other in aggressive melee fights along their disputed border in the former princely state of Jammu & Kashmir. Due to an agreed-upon restriction on firearms and explosives along the border area, both sides fought the other with more primitive melee weapons instead like spiked clubs, metal bars, rocks, and riot gear - making the clashes between them appear like something more from the medieval era than the 21st-century. This is the story of why these events happened, and what exactly took place.