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Title:Ladakh : Culture, History, & Development Between Himalaya & Karakoram
Series:(Recent Research on Ladakh)
Author:Martijn van Beek, Kristoffer Brix Bertelsen & Poul Pedersen (eds)
ISBN:8772887915 : 9788772887913
Illustrations:illus
Format:Hardback
Pages:414
Weight: 1.031 Kg.
Published:Aarhus University Press - August 1999
List Price: 26.95 Pounds Sterling
Availability:In Print
Subjects:Development studies: Cultural studies: Asian/Middle Eastern history: India: Himalayas


In 27 articles, the book presents the range of recent research on Ladakh, a small state in the Himalayas.

Preface; The International Association for Ladakh Studies; Henry Osmaston: The First Chapter; The Salt Trade: Rupshu's Annual Trek to Tso Kar; An Eighteenth-Century Bhutanese Lama's Journey to Ladakh; The Tibetanisation of European Steel Stoves in Ladakh; Whither Ladakh Education?; The Development of Ecological Agriculture in Ladakh and Strategies for Sustainable Development; Mountain Deities among the Nomadic Communities of Kharnak (Eastern Ladakh); Women's Development and Education in Kargil District; Tibetan Literary Language and Ladakhi Speech: A Continuity; Twin Peaks: The Two Shi’ite Factions of the Suru Valley; The smyung gnas Fast in Zangskar: How Liminality Depends on Structure; Gender, Modernisation, and Change in Ladakh; Yangthang in West Ladakh: An Analysis of the Economic and Socio-cultural Structure of a Village and Its Relation with Its Monastery; Ancient Painted Pottery from Ladakh; The Scope of Tourism in Kargil District; The Wrath of Rahu: Remarks on the Observation of Solar and Lunar Eclipses in Ladakh; Csoma Korösi's Guides in Tibetan Learning from Rdzong khul dgon pa, Zangs dkar, with Special Reference to Tshul khrims rgya mthso; The Foremost Teachers of the Kings of Ladakh; Muslim-Buddhist Relations in a Ritual Context: An Analysis of the Muharram Procession in Leh Township, Ladakh; Kargil: An Introduction to the District and the Youth Voluntary Forum; The Trade in Pashm and Its Impact on Ladakh's History; Economic Conditions in Ladakh during the Dogra Period; Balawaristan and Other ImagiNations: A Nationalist Discourse in the Northern Areas of Pakistan; Economic Development of Ladakh: Need for a New Strategy; Hanu Village: A Symbol of Resistance; Women's Development in Ladakh; Borrowed Language: Passive Assimilation or Active Incorporation of Modern Concepts; Biographical Notes; Index.