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			{{Short description\|Mountain range in India and Pakistan}}
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	\| photo_caption = View of Ladakh Range ~~from~~ [[~~Shanti Stupa, Ladakh\|Shanti Stupa~~]]~~, Leh~~		\| photo_caption = View of Ladakh Range above [[Leh]]
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	~~\| location = {{coord\|34.66\|N\|76.88\|E}}~~		\| country = [[India]]
	\| country = India		\| region = [[Ladakh]], [[Baltistan]]
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	The '''Ladakh Range''' is a mountain range in central [[Ladakh]] in ~~the Indian Union territory of [[Ladakh]]~~ with its northern tip extending into [[~~Ladakh~~]] in ~~India~~. It lies between the [[Indus River\|Indus]] and [[Shyok River\|Shyok]] river valleys, stretching to 230 miles (370 km).{{sfn\|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1\|1998\|p=14}} [[Leh]], the capital city of Ladakh, is on the foot of Ladakh Range in the Indus river valley.		The '''Ladakh Range''' is a mountain range in central [[Ladakh]] in India with its northern tip extending into [[Baltistan]] in Pakistan. It lies between the [[Indus River\|Indus]] and [[Shyok River\|Shyok]] river valleys, stretching to 230 miles (370 km).{{sfn\|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1\|1998\|p=14}} [[Leh]], the capital city of Ladakh, is at the foot of the Ladakh Range in the Indus river valley.

	== Geography==		== Geography==
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	<!-- [[File:Shyok2.svg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Indus, Shyok and Nubra river valleys]] -->		<!-- [[File:Shyok2.svg\|thumb\|right\|300px\|Indus, Shyok and Nubra river valleys]] -->
	The city of [[Leh]]~~, a little way from~~ the Indus ~~River along~~ the ~~Khardung La valley,~~ is a historic trading town with trade routes to [[Yarkant County\|Yarkand]] and [[Tibet]] on the one hand, and [[Srinagar]] and rest of the Indian subcontinent on the other. The summer route from Leh to Yarkand passed through Khardung La to pass into the [[Nubra River\|Nubra valley]] and thence to Yarkand via the [[Karakoram Pass]] and Suget Pass (in the [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]]). The winter route passed through Digar La to reach the Shyok ~~river~~ valley and, again, reach the Karakoram Pass. The trade route to Tibet went via [[Gartok]] in the Indus river valley at the foot of the Kailash Range.{{sfn\|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia\|2009\|p=1}} By the [[Tingmosgang\|Treaty of Tingmosgang]] signed in 1684, Ladakh had the exclusive right to trade in the [[pashmina]] wool from Tibet, which led to its prosperity.{{sfn\|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia\|2009\|p=4}}		The city of [[Leh]] lies in the [[Indus Valley]] at the foot of the Ladakh Range. Leh is a historic trading town with trade routes to [[Yarkant County\|Yarkand]] and [[Tibet]] on the one hand, and [[Srinagar]] and rest of the Indian subcontinent on the other. The summer route from Leh to Yarkand passed through Khardung La to pass into the [[Nubra River\|Nubra valley]] and thence to Yarkand via the [[Karakoram Pass]] and Suget Pass (in the [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]]). The winter route passed through Digar La to reach the Shyok River valley and, again, reach the Karakoram Pass. The trade route to Tibet went via [[Gartok]] in the Indus river valley at the foot of the Kailash Range.{{sfn\|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia\|2009\|p=1}} By the [[Tingmosgang\|Treaty of Tingmosgang]] signed in 1684, Ladakh had the exclusive right to trade in the [[pashmina]] wool from Tibet, which led to its prosperity.{{sfn\|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia\|2009\|p=4}}

	Leh was for centuries trade centre for fine [[pashmina]] wool (once worth its weight in gold); yak and pony caravans brought in pashmina from Tibet, turquoise, coral and silver from [[Yarkant County\|Yarkand]] and [[Kashgar]], spices, fabrics from [[India]] and [[silk]] from [[Kashmir]].

	Two English explorers, [[William Moorcroft (explorer)\|William Moorcroft]] and [[George Trebeck]] visiting Leh in 1820, were stunned seeing a town of such wealth located in midst of obviously arid desert land.

	The nomadic [[Changpa]] rely mostly on sheep and yak herding for subsistence in the Ladakh Range. Tibet's Chang Tang plain, most remote section of Himalayas, is extreme high country; here the valleys are about 14,000 feet above sea level.

	Ladakh is a beautiful desert region. Culturally/geographically close to Tibet, it has few resources with an extreme climate. The [[Buddhist]] Ladakhis with their traditions and intimate knowledge of local environment have survived and actually prospered, in spite of centuries of invasions from the [[Mongols]] (from central Asia), the [[Baltis]] (from west), [[Dogra\|the Dogras]] (from south) and even [[Tibetans]] (from east). The mixed ethnic origins are reflected in their faces.

	~~The extension of the Ladakh Range into China is known as [[Kailash Mountain\|Kailash Range]]. In the Laddakh Range there is India's cold desert named as ' '''LEH''' '.~~

	== References ==		== References ==
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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
	* {{citation \|last=Karim \|first=Afsir \|chapter=Strategic dimensions of the trans-Himalayan frontiers \|editor=K. Warikoo \|title=Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Z8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 \|date=2009 \|publisher=Routledge \|~~ISBN~~=978-1-134-03294-5 \|pages=56–66 }}		* {{citation \|last=Karim \|first=Afsir \|chapter=Strategic dimensions of the trans-Himalayan frontiers \|editor=K. Warikoo \|title=Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives \|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Z8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 \|date=2009 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-1-134-03294-5 \|pages=56–66 }}
	* {{citation \|last=Kaul \|first=H. N. \|title=Rediscovery of Ladakh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg8My6WaWRcC&pg=PA17 \|year=1998 \|publisher=Indus Publishing \|isbn=978-81-7387-086-6 \|ref={{sfnref\|Kaul, Rediscovery of Ladakh\|1998}}}}		* {{citation \|last=Kaul \|first=H. N. \|title=Rediscovery of Ladakh \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg8My6WaWRcC&pg=PA17 \|year=1998 \|publisher=Indus Publishing \|isbn=978-81-7387-086-6 \|ref={{sfnref\|Kaul, Rediscovery of Ladakh\|1998}}}}
	* {{citation \|last=Mehra \|first=Parshotam \|title=An "agreed" frontier: Ladakh and India's northernmost borders, 1846-1947 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIduAAAAMAAJ \|year=1992 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|ref={{sfnref\|Mehra, An "agreed" frontier\|1992}}}}		* {{citation \|last=Mehra \|first=Parshotam \|title=An "agreed" frontier: Ladakh and India's northernmost borders, 1846-1947 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIduAAAAMAAJ \|year=1992 \|publisher=Oxford University Press \|isbn=978-0-19-562758-9 \|ref={{sfnref\|Mehra, An "agreed" frontier\|1992}}}}
	* {{citation \|last=Negi \|first=S. S. \|title=Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kusLzP8H6TQC&pg=PA14 \|year=1998 \|publisher=Indus Publishing \|isbn=978-81-7387-079-8 \|ref={{sfnref\|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1\|1998}}}}		* {{citation \|last=Negi \|first=S. S. \|title=Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kusLzP8H6TQC&pg=PA14 \|year=1998 \|publisher=Indus Publishing \|isbn=978-81-7387-079-8 \|ref={{sfnref\|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1\|1998}}}}
	* {{citation \|last=Warikoo \|first=K. \|chapter=India’s gateway to Central Asia: trans-Himalayan trade and cultural movements through Kashmir and Ladakh, 1846–1947 \|editor=K. Warikoo \|title=Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Z8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 \|date=2009 \|publisher=Routledge \|~~ISBN~~=978-1-134-03294-5 \|pages=1–13 \|ref={{sfnref\|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia\|2009}}}}		* {{citation \|last=Warikoo \|first=K. \|chapter=India’s gateway to Central Asia: trans-Himalayan trade and cultural movements through Kashmir and Ladakh, 1846–1947 \|editor=K. Warikoo \|title=Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Z8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 \|date=2009 \|publisher=Routledge \|isbn=978-1-134-03294-5 \|pages=1–13 \|ref={{sfnref\|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia\|2009}}}}

	== External links ==		== External links ==
	{{~~commons\|Ladakh~~}}		* {{Commons-inline}}
	* Romesh Bhattacharji, [http://bameduniya.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ladakh-changing-yet-unchanged-missing.html Maps of ''Ladakh: Changing yet Unchanged''], via Bame Duniya blogspot, 19 March 2013		* Romesh Bhattacharji, [http://bameduniya.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ladakh-changing-yet-unchanged-missing.html Maps of ''Ladakh: Changing yet Unchanged''], via Bame Duniya blogspot, 19 March 2013

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The '''Ladakh Range''' is a mountain range in central [[Ladakh]] in the Indian Union territory of [[Ladakh]] with its northern tip extending into [[Ladakh]] in India. It lies between the [[Indus River|Indus]] and [[Shyok River|Shyok]] river valleys, stretching to 230 miles (370 km).{{sfn|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1|1998|p=14}} [[Leh]], the capital city of Ladakh, is on the foot of Ladakh Range in the Indus river valley.

== Geography==
The Ladakh Range is regarded as a southern extension of the [[Karakoram]] Range, which runs for 230 miles (370 km) from the confluence of the [[Indus River|Indus]] and [[Shyok River|Shyok]] rivers in [[Baltistan]] to the [[Tibet Autonomous Region|Tibetan border]] of Ladakh in the southeast.{{sfn|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1|1998|p=14}}<ref>[https://www.britannica.com/place/Ladakh-Range Ladakh Range], Encyclopedia Britannica, retrieved 22 April 2018.</ref> The southern extension of the Ladakh Range is called the [[Kailash Range]], especially in Tibet.{{sfn|Mehra, An "agreed" frontier|1992|loc=end papers}}

The Ladakh Range forms the northeastern bank of the [[Indus River]] and the western bank of the [[Shyok River]].{{sfn|Mehra, An "agreed" frontier|1992|p=15}}

The Ladakh Range has an average height of about 6,000 metres and has no major peaks. Some of its peaks are less than 4,800 metres.{{sfn|Kaul, Rediscovery of Ladakh|1998|p=17}}

The main mountain passes are [[Chorbat]] (5,090 metres), Digar La (5,400 metres), [[Khardung La]] (5,602 metres), [[Chang La]] (5,599 metres) and Tsaka La (4,724 metres).{{sfn|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1|1998|p=14}}

== Habitation ==


The city of [[Leh]], a little way from the Indus River along the Khardung La valley, is a historic trading town with trade routes to [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]] and [[Tibet]] on the one hand, and [[Srinagar]] and rest of the Indian subcontinent on the other. The summer route from Leh to Yarkand passed through Khardung La to pass into the [[Nubra River|Nubra valley]] and thence to Yarkand via the [[Karakoram Pass]] and Suget Pass (in the [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]]). The winter route passed through Digar La to reach the Shyok river valley and, again, reach the Karakoram Pass. The trade route to Tibet went via [[Gartok]] in the Indus river valley at the foot of the Kailash Range.{{sfn|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia|2009|p=1}} By the [[Tingmosgang|Treaty of Tingmosgang]] signed in 1684, Ladakh had the exclusive right to trade in the [[pashmina]] wool from Tibet, which led to its prosperity.{{sfn|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia|2009|p=4}}

Leh was for centuries trade centre for fine [[pashmina]] wool (once worth its weight in gold); yak and pony caravans brought in pashmina from Tibet, turquoise, coral and silver from [[Yarkant County|Yarkand]] and [[Kashgar]], spices, fabrics from [[India]] and [[silk]] from [[Kashmir]].

Two English explorers, [[William Moorcroft (explorer)|William Moorcroft]] and [[George Trebeck]] visiting Leh in 1820, were stunned seeing a town of such wealth located in midst of obviously arid desert land.

The nomadic [[Changpa]] rely mostly on sheep and yak herding for subsistence in the Ladakh Range. Tibet's Chang Tang plain, most remote section of Himalayas, is extreme high country; here the valleys are about 14,000 feet above sea level.

Ladakh is a beautiful desert region. Culturally/geographically close to Tibet, it has few resources with an extreme climate. The [[Buddhist]] Ladakhis with their traditions and intimate knowledge of local environment have survived and actually prospered, in spite of centuries of invasions from the [[Mongols]] (from central Asia), the [[Baltis]] (from west), [[Dogra|the Dogras]] (from south) and even [[Tibetans]] (from east). The mixed ethnic origins are reflected in their faces.

The extension of the Ladakh Range into China is known as [[Kailash Mountain|Kailash Range]]. In the Laddakh Range there is India's cold desert named as ' '''LEH''' '.

== References ==
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== Bibliography ==
* {{citation |last=Karim |first=Afsir |chapter=Strategic dimensions of the trans-Himalayan frontiers |editor=K. Warikoo |title=Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Z8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |ISBN=978-1-134-03294-5 |pages=56–66 }}
* {{citation |last=Kaul |first=H. N. |title=Rediscovery of Ladakh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mg8My6WaWRcC&pg=PA17 |year=1998 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-086-6 |ref={{sfnref|Kaul, Rediscovery of Ladakh|1998}}}}
* {{citation |last=Mehra |first=Parshotam |title=An "agreed" frontier: Ladakh and India's northernmost borders, 1846-1947 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mIduAAAAMAAJ |year=1992 |publisher=Oxford University Press |ref={{sfnref|Mehra, An "agreed" frontier|1992}}}}
* {{citation |last=Negi |first=S. S. |title=Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kusLzP8H6TQC&pg=PA14 |year=1998 |publisher=Indus Publishing |isbn=978-81-7387-079-8 |ref={{sfnref|Negi, Discovering the Himalaya, Volume 1|1998}}}}
* {{citation |last=Warikoo |first=K. |chapter=India’s gateway to Central Asia: trans-Himalayan trade and cultural movements through Kashmir and Ladakh, 1846–1947 |editor=K. Warikoo |title=Himalayan Frontiers of India: Historical, Geo-Political and Strategic Perspectives |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Z8AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA1 |date=2009 |publisher=Routledge |ISBN=978-1-134-03294-5 |pages=1–13 |ref={{sfnref|Warikoo, India's gateway to Central Asia|2009}}}}

== External links ==
{{commons|Ladakh}}
* Romesh Bhattacharji, [http://bameduniya.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ladakh-changing-yet-unchanged-missing.html Maps of ''Ladakh: Changing yet Unchanged''], via Bame Duniya blogspot, 19 March 2013

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