Ladakh a mountain range north of the Himalayas in the basin of the Upper Indus. Length, over 600 km; elevations reach 7,728 m (Mount Gurla Mandhata). Certain geographic literature considers the Ladakh system to be limited to the area of the range situated northwest of the Sutlej River vall...
At the end of the 9th century, central Tibetan culture began to heavily influence the history, culture and religious development of Ladakh. Thus, in order to understand Ladakh's development, it is necessary to first review the events occurring in Tibet. Beginning in the 7th century and continui...
The proximity to the valleys of Kashmir, Kishtwar and Kulu resulted in the mutual influence of culture and ethno types in between Ladakh and those regions. The golden era of Ladakh came in the early 17th century, when its trade flourished under the wise rule of the famous king Sengge ...
His attention to detail, organization and in depth local knowledge of the region makes him our go to guy for everything. Ever smiling and willing to help and get things done, a conversation with him about Ladakh and its culture over a coffee is something you should not miss if you ever ...
Indus (ĭnˈdəs), chief river of Pakistan, c.1,900 mi (3,060 km) long, rising in the Kailas range in the Tibetan Himalayas, and flowing NW across Ladakh, India, then SW through Pakistan to the Arabian Sea SE of Karachi. The upper Indus, fed by snow and glacial meltwater fr...
In the last academic session, he was an assistant professor on a contract basis at the Department of Botany, University of Ladakh, Kargil Campus, Khumbathang, Kargil, Ladakh UT, India. In 2021, he was selected as an associate professor at the Biofuel Institute, School of the Environment and...
One of the New Year festivals of Ladakh, the 2-week long festival of Losar is usually celebrated in December or January. During this festival, Ladakhi Buddhists make offerings to their deities in gompas as well as other shrines. The highlights of the festival are the ancient rituals and the...
June/July and August/September for Ladakh and Zanskar (Jammu and Kashmir) One can trek in the foothills of the Himalayas from October through till March Trekking destinations in India 1. Jammu and Kashmir (Ladakh, Zanskar) 2.Himachal Pradesh ...
Although, there is variation in the cultural activities of the participating sates yet there runs a common bond of shared heritage through them. We begin with the land of the Ladakhis, the Buddhist people are famous for their mountains, their monasteries, their music and their exquisite attire....
of the First Millennium A.D.). Upper Tibet is the vast upland of northwestern Tibet, a region of interminable plains crisscrossed by lofty mountain ranges. I chose to specialize in an assessment of the paleoculture and archaeology of Upper Tibet because very little was known about these ...