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The Negotiation of Religious Identity of Muslim Women in Leh District, Ladakh [PDF]
HIMALAYA, 2020 This paper examines the negotiation of religious identity among Sunni Muslim women in Leh, Ladakh. Although Muslims in Leh share the same socio-cultural environment with Buddhists, the differences between the two communities have become more pronounced ...
Samina Rehman
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Understanding substance use and public health dimensions among tribal youth in Ladakh, India, through a qualitative social ecological approach [PDF]
Discover Public HealthSubstance use is a new social and public health issue in Ladakh (India), a territory with a distinctive geographical, cultural, and social profile. This qualitative research seeks to explore the sociocultural, psychological, and structural determinants ...
Qutsia Tabasum +4 more
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Rahul Sankrityayan, Tsetan Phuntsog and Tibetan Textbooks for Ladakh in 1933 [PDF]
, 2020 In 1933 the Indian scholar and social activist Rahul Sankrityayan (1893-1963) compiled a set of four Tibetan-language readers and a grammar for use in Ladakhi schools, together with his Ladakhi colleague Tsetan Phuntsog.
John Bray +3 more
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The Heritage Buddhist Manuscripts of Ladakh Tibetan Buddhist Canons and the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra [PDF]
HIMALAYA, 2020 The history of the earliest transmission of Indian Buddhism to Tibet in the 7th– 8thcenturies is in essence the story of the transmission of its scriptures.
Georgios T. Halkias
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Traditional therapeutic practices in the Himalayan heartland of Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh, India - A qualitative exploration [PDF]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative MedicineBackground: Traditional medicine systems have been essential components of health systems in rural areas, and areas with rich cultures and geographical isolation such as district Kinnaur.
Abhishek Sharma, Qutsia Tabasum
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Modeling the Distribution and Environmental Preferences of the Ladakh Urial in the Arid Himalayas [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionMountains play a crucial role in shaping the climate of an area and subsequently, the environments and species that are suited to those particular conditions.
Jeremy Roy Lambe +2 more
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Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development, 2006 The Himalayan mountain chain is orographically fragmented, both in the east-west and in the north-south directions. The latter area is characterised by a greater landscape diversity, owing to its zonality and the vertical zonation of both climate and ...
Zgorzelski Marek
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Journal of Asia-Pacific BiodiversityPopulus spp. belongs to the deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, primarily located in the Northern Hemisphere, including Trans-Himalayan, cold arid desert Ladakh.
Mohd Hussain +4 more
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Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2017 Yponomeuta rorrellus (Hübner, 1796) is considered a monophagous pest of the willow plantation (Salix spp.) in Drass and Leh districts of Ladakh Division (Jammu & Kashmir), with its peak activity recorded during the months of July and August.
Mudasir Ahmed Dar +2 more
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Indian Journal of DermatologyBackground: Skin diseases vary in different geographical areas as per their unique environmental characteristics. High-altitude skin diseases too are very different from that of plains.
Manas Chatterjee, Ruchi Hemdani
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