Ladakh | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-01-01

This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
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00:02:51 1 Etymology
00:03:16 2 History
00:03:25 2.1 Ancient history
00:07:47 2.2 Medieval history
00:14:08 2.3 Jammu and Kashmir
00:15:44 2.4 Modern history
00:19:52 3 Geography
00:27:22 4 Panorama
00:27:31 5 Flora and fauna
00:31:53 5.1 Landform
00:32:44 6 Government and politics
00:34:19 7 Economy
00:36:48 8 Astronomy
00:37:10 9 Transport
00:38:32 10 Demographics
00:42:17 11 Culture
00:42:30 11.1 Cuisine
00:43:38 11.2 Music and dance
00:44:56 11.3 Sport
00:45:56 11.4 Social status of women
00:47:14 11.5 Traditional medicine
00:48:20 11.6 Festivals
00:49:01 12 Education
00:51:44 13 Media
00:53:15 14 See also



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Ladakh ("land of high passes") is a region in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Siachen Glacier in the Karakoram range to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent. It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet. Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture.
Historically, the region included the Baltistan (Baltiyul) valleys (now mostly in Pakistan), the entire upper Indus Valley, the remote Zanskar, Lahaul and Spiti to the south, much of Ngari including the Rudok region and Guge in the east, Aksai Chin in the northeast (extending to the Kun Lun Mountains), and the Nubra Valley to the north over Khardong La in the Ladakh Range. Contemporary Ladakh borders Tibet to the east, the Lahaul and Spiti regions to the south, the Vale of Kashmir, Jammu and Baltiyul regions to the west, and the southwest corner of Xinjiang across the Karakoram Pass in the far north.
Aksai Chin is one of the disputed border areas between China and India. It is administered by China as part of Hotan County but is also claimed by India as a part of the Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In 1962, China and India fought a brief war over Aksai Chin and Arunachal Pradesh, but in 1993 and 1996 the two countries signed agreements to respect the Line of Actual Control.In the past Ladakh gained importance from its strategic location at the crossroads of important trade routes, but since the Chinese authorities closed the borders with Tibet and Central Asia in the 1960s, international trade has dwindled except for tourism. Since 1974, the Government of India has successfully encouraged tourism in Ladakh. Since Ladakh is a part of strategically important Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian military maintains a strong presence in the region.
The largest town in Ladakh is Leh, followed by Kargil. Tibetan Buddhists (39.7%) and Hindus (12.1%) collectively represent the majority of the population while a plurality of Ladakhis (46.4%) are Muslims (mainly Shia). Other religious groups include Sikhs etc. Some Ladakhi activists have in recent times called for Ladakh to be constituted as a union territory because of perceived unfair treatment by Kashmir and Ladakh's cultural differences with predominantly Sunni Muslim Kashmir.