LITTLE TIBET: SRINAGAR - AMRITSAR

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Ladakh - THE LITTLE TIBET Giovanni Camici


The north-west tip of India ends with the state Jammu and Kashmir, which inside contains 3 regions of different culture and religion: the Muslim Kashmir, the Hindu Jammu and Buddhist Ladakh.
I dwell on that part of Ladakh "Land of the high passes", which marks the boundary between the peaks dell'Himalaya Western el'altopiani of Tibet, called it a reason
"Little Tibet" for the topographical and cultural similarity with the neighboring plateau.
Surrounded by natural boundaries of mountains, this area is accessible by land only from May to October, at other times with the closure of access roads for the steps cause fallen snow, remains isolated from the rest of the village reachable only by air during the days visibility. To the north separates China from the peaks I and removal of Teramo kangaroos in Ladakh Range, south to the peaks of the Stok Range joins the chain of Zanskar, while to the west are the slopes of Nun and Kun.
The story tells that the first inhabitants of these lands were the Khampa, nomadic people, the farmers of yak, and the first permanent settlements were founded by Buddhist pilgrims who reached Mount Kailash, today brokpa are the last Buddhist Indo-Iranian.
IX in the culture Ladakh came over the valley of 'Indo, but at the end of the fourteenth century. a pilgrim brought Tibetan Buddhism to the region Gelukpa. Later comes the Muslim conquest brought a period of prosperity, while the north near the Mongolian-Tibetan army that reject the Ladakh had to ally with the Moghul being independent but with a payment of taxes to the Allies.
The fortunes and prospects of Ladakh change from 1830 when the army of Kashmir Dogra from the exiled King, administering the region attach to Jammu.
In 1995 he established the independent Council for the Development of the hills of Ladakh, with the intent to suppress the fires of protest, but a high number of people feel connected to Kashmir and requires these lands to a state of the union. Although later, in 2002, the lower front of the territories won the elections, India has not yet decided to tackle the issue on the separation of Ladakh from Jammu and Kashmir. Jule Ladakh!