01726nam a22002657a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801280007608200140020410000170021824500530023525000100028826000510029830000670034936500090041650504840042552003760090965000200128565000470130565000230135265000330137565000210140865000140142970000170144320211004125820.0200826b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780198079415  a:International Book Distributorsb:Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi	c:115473d:13/07/2020   a954.6 RIZ  aRizvi, Janet  aLadakhb, crossroads of high Asiac/ Janet Rizvi  a3rd.   aNew Delhi b: Oxford University Press, c2012.  axxiv, 310 pages :b illustrations (some color), maps c; 22 cm  b1100  aINTRODUCTION: 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
  aValued 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  aHistory of Asia  aIndia & neighboring south Asian countries;  aIndia -- Ladākh.  aLadākh (India) -- History.  aSozialer Wandel.  aKaschmir.  aRizvi, Janet