Ladakh , crossroads of high Asia / Janet Rizvi
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TextPublisher number: :International Book Distributors | :Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2012Edition: 3rdDescription: xxiv, 310 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cmISBN: 9780198079415Subject(s): History of Asia | India & neighboring south Asian countries | India -- Ladākh | Ladākh (India) -- History | Sozialer Wandel | KaschmirDDC classification: 954.6 RIZ | Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| 954.6 KAL The Rajatarangini of Kalhana | 954.6 NOO The Kashmir dispute, 1947-2012 | 954.6 RAZ Kashmir : land of regrets | 954.6 RIZ Ladakh | 954.6 SIN Kashmiriyat: The Pluralist Sufi-bhakti-rishi Culture | 954.6 SIN Kashmir : vadi ki asli kahani. | 954.6 ZUT Languages of belonging |
INTRODUCTION: WHERE MANY ROADS MEET ; PART 1: LADAKH: MOUNTAIN AND VALLEY: ; 1. Approaches ; 2. Profile of a Landscape ; 3. Creatures of the Wild: Species at Risk ; PART 2: LADAKH PAST: ; 4. The Old Kingdom ; 5. A Change of Direction ; 6. Hazardous Trails ; PART 3: LADAKH PRESENT: ; 7. The Daily Round ; 8. Polyandry and Polo ; 9. The Native Genius ; 10. Change ; 11. Buddhists, Muslim and Christians ; 12. The Gompas, a Living Heritage ; GLOSSARY ; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
Valued as a lively, readable, and reliable introduction to Ladakh and its people over the years, the current edition is a benchmark study of a society in transition in the early twenty-first century. Retaining the basic information from the earlier edition, the book documents the profound changes that have taken place since 1996, including the effects of the Kargil war
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