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020 _a9780198079415
028 _a:International Book Distributors
_b:Flat No 14, Prakash Apartment 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi
_c:115473
_d:13/07/2020
082 _a954.6 RIZ
100 _aRizvi, Janet
245 _aLadakh
_b, crossroads of high Asia
_c/ Janet Rizvi
250 _a3rd.
260 _aNew Delhi
_b: Oxford University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axxiv, 310 pages :
_b illustrations (some color), maps
_c; 22 cm
365 _b1100
505 _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
520 _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
650 _aHistory of Asia
650 _aIndia & neighboring south Asian countries;
650 _aIndia -- Ladākh.
650 _aLadākh (India) -- History.
650 _aSozialer Wandel.
650 _aKaschmir.
700 _aRizvi, Janet
942 _cBOOK