TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rizvi, Janet
AU  - Rizvi, Janet
TI  - Ladakh: , crossroads of high Asia
SN  - 9780198079415
U1  - 954.6 RIZ 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New Delhi 
PB  - : Oxford University Press, 
KW  - History of Asia
KW  - India & neighboring south Asian countries
KW  - India -- Ladākh
KW  - Ladākh (India) -- History
KW  - Sozialer Wandel
KW  - Kaschmir
N1  - 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

N2  - 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
ER  -