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Dozens of Indian and Chinese soldiers have exchanged physical blows in a shared border clash, Indian media reports.
Seven Chinese soldiers and four Indians were reportedly injured, an army official said near the Naku La sector in the border state of Sikkim.
Local commanders spoke and resolved the dispute, which took place on Saturday.
The two countries have competitive claims on their 3,400-kilometer (2,100-mile) shared border.
Sometimes the fighting involves hitting the chest, pushing and shoving, and throwing stones at each other, reports Anbarasan Ethirajan, editor of BBC South Asia.
The last tense confrontation took place near the Naku La sector in Sikkim, more than 5,000 meters (16,400 feet) above sea level in the Himalayas.
China and India fought a border war in 1962.
In 2017, the two countries also clashed in the region after China attempted to extend a border road across a disputed plateau.
Although both countries send out patrols that often engage in physical fighting, no bullets have been fired at the border in the past four decades.
