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| name = Apati<br />
| official_name = Apatee<br />
| native_name = Apathithung<br />
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| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Ladakh|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kargil district]]<br />
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| subdivision_name3 = [[Kargil]]<br />
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'''Apati'''{{efn|Alternative spelling: '''Apatee'''. The original name appears to be '''Apathithung'''.}} is a village in [[Kargil district]] of the [[India]]n [[States and union territories of India|union territory]] of [[Ladakh]]. It is in the [[Sod Valley]] close to the [[Line of Control|India–Pakistan border (LOC)]]. The village is located 19 kilometres east of [[Kargil]], on "Kargil-[[Batalik]] Road" on the bank of the Tumel Lungpa stream. Near the village is '''Apati Chamba''', an ancient [[Maitreya Buddha]] statue from 7th–11th centuries carved on a mountain cliff.<ref><br />
[https://kargil.nic.in/gallery/district-kargil/2018091011-2/ Rock carved status of Maitriya Buddha at Apati], Kargil district administration, 10 September 2018.<br />
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[https://asianartnewspaper.com/travel-ladakh-and-three-maitreyas/ Ladakh and the three Maitreyas], Asian Art, 30 July 2021.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
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According to the [[2011 census of India]], Apati has a population of 1245 people living in 142 households.{{sfnp|District Census Handbook|2011|p=115}}<br />
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==Transport==<br />
Apati served by the [[Kargalik–Batalik–Khaltse Road]], which passes by the north of the village. Kargil is 19&nbsp;km away from Apati and [[Batalik]] is 41&nbsp;km away.<br />
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The nearest major railway stations to Hardas is the [[Srinagar railway station]] located at a distance of 223 kilometres.<br />
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The nearest airport is at [[Kargil Airport|Kargil]] located at a distance of 18 kilometres but it is currently not operational. The next nearest major airports are [[Sheikh ul-Alam International Airport|Srinagar International Airport]] and [[Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport|Leh Airport]] located at a distance of 219 kilometres and 225 kilometres.<br />
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== Maps ==<br />
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File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-181831961-52-b-ladakh-1916.jpg|[[Survey of India|SoI]], 1916 showing "Apathithang"<br />
File:Txu-pclmaps-oclc-181831961-52-b-kargil-1946.jpg|[[Survey of India|SoI]] map, 1946, showing the 1948 LoC. (Majit and Bert are neighbours)<br />
File:Map India and Pakistan 1-250,000 Tile NI 43-7 Kargil.jpg|Map showing Majit and Bert ([[Army Map Service|AMS]], 1955)<br />
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==Apati Chamba: Rock-cut cliff-face statue of Buddha ==<br />
{{anchor | Statue | Chamba Statue }}<br />
[[File:Bamiyan era budhist rock carving at Apati Village Kargil, Ladakh.jpg |thumb|left|275px|Maitreya Buddha statue near Apati.]]<br />
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Apati Chamba or Apati Buddha statue, is [[Tourism in Ladakh#Bamiyan|one of the three]] tallest [[Rock relief|rock cut relief]] statue of Buddha in Ladakh, which are collectively also known as the "[[Buddhas of Bamyan|Bamyan Buddhas]] of Ladakh". It is a [[Maitreya Buddha]] (the Buddha who will be incarnated in the future, also called the "[[sculpture|chamba]]" in local language) statue dating to 1 century BCE to 6th century CE, predating [[Tibetan Buddhism]] and 6th century Buddhas of Bamiyan of Afghanistan. It is most eroded and smallest of the three tallest rock statues of Ladakh.<ref name=sh1><br />
[https://asianartnewspaper.com/travel-ladakh-and-three-maitreyas/ Ladakh and the three maitriyas], asianartnewspaper, 30 July 2021.</ref><ref name=statn3>[https://www.indiatoday.in/headlines-today-top-stories/story/bamiyan-like-buddhas-found-in-ladakh-64773-2010-01-11#:~:text=The%20Taliban%20destroyed%20the%20Bamiyan,rock%2Dcut%20sculptures%20in%20Ladakh.&text=The%20archaeology%20department%20of%20Jammu,40%20km%20from%20Kargil%20headquarters. Bamiyan-like Buddhas found in Ladakh], India Today, 11 January 2010.</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Hunderman]]<br />
* [[Geography of Ladakh]]<br />
* [[Tourism in Ladakh]]<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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==References==<br />
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== Bibliography ==<br />
* {{citation |title=Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.43256 |via=archive.org |publisher=Superintendent of Government Printing |location=Calcutta |year=1890 |ref={{sfnref|Gazetteer of Kashmir and Ladak|1890}}}}<br />
* {{citation |title=District Census Handbook: Kargil |publisher=Directorate of Census Operations, Jammu and Kashmir |year=2011 |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/01/0104_PART_A_DCHB_KARGIL.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171121205644/https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/01/0104_PART_A_DCHB_KARGIL.pdf |archive-date=21 November 2017 |url-status=dead |ref={{sfnref|District Census Handbook|2011}}}}<br />
* {{cite book |first=Rob |last=Linrothe |chapter=Origins of the Kashmiri Style in the Western Himalayas: Sculpture of the 7th—11th Centuries |editor=Carmen Mainert |date=2015 |title=Transfer of Buddhism Across Central Asian Networks (7th to 13th Centuries) |publisher=BRILL |pages=147–190 |isbn=978-90-04-30743-8 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-6-8CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA185}}<br />
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