Map4.3-Doklam Area

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article12665125.ece/alternates/FREE_660/India%20Bhutan%2 0China

♤ The land in question spans 269 square kilometres on a sparsely populated plateau in western Bhutan, which has no diplomatic ties with China and coordinates its relations with Beijing through New Delhi.

♤ In 1890, convention Between Great Britain and China relating to Sikkim and Tibet was signed which delimited the boundary between the Tibet region of China and Sikkim. China claimed India violated this convention.