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KARAKORAM HIMALAYAS AND CENTRAL ASIA. THE BUDDHIST CONNECTION

RUDN Journal of World History, 2018
The Karakoram-Himalayan region is the cradle from where ancient Indian culture including Buddhism spread to different directions in Central Asia, East Asia and South East Asia.
K Warikoo
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From shadows to data: first robust population assessment of snow leopards in Pakistan

Ecography, Volume 2026, Issue 2, February 2026.
The snow leopard Panthera uncia is a flagship species of the greater Himalayan region and symbolizes the integrity of this ecological system. Within the greater Himalayas, Pakistan holds special significance as the north of the country represents a confluence of three major mountain ranges (Hindu Kush, Pamir–Karakoram, and Himalaya).
Muhammad Ali Nawaz, Shoaib Hameed, Jaffar Ud Din, Hussain Ali, Shakeel Ahmad, Ian Durbach, Mehmood Ghaznavi, Mohsin Farooque, Naeem Iftikhar, Muhammad SamarHussain Khan   +9 more
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Nü guo in Chinese Historiography: The Localisation of Tibetan “Women’s Kingdoms”. Part II: Western Tibet and Upper Ladakh

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In Chinese texts of the 5th–11th centuries (chronicles, treatises, encyclopedias, and travel accounts), the macro-toponym Nü guo ‘Kingdom of Women’ appears repeatedly.
Mariia Dmitrievna Sokhina
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Applying epidemiological transition theory to health and disease transformation in high altitude cold desert Ladakh, India

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As we enter the new millennium, the Epidemiologic Transition Theory (ETT) provides insights into health, mortality, and fertility changes, shaped by environmental, socioeconomic, lifestyle, and technological factors across societies.
Aijaz Ahmad Khanday, Adnan Hussain Lone, G. M. Rather, Shaista Mushtaq   +3 more
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Observations sur la géomorphologie du Ladakh (Geomorphology of the Ladakh)

Bulletin de l'Association de géographes français, 1978
Résumé. - La région du Ladakh est située au NW de la péninsule indienne. Elle comprend le massif du Ladakh proprement dit et la chaîne du Zanskar, séparés par la haute vallée de l' Indus. L'ensemble de la région apparaît comme un bon exemple de haute montagne subtropicale sèche à affinités continentales. La morphologie est dominée par la mise en valeur
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Four Helvella (Ascomycota: Pezizales: Helvellaceae) species from the Cold Desert of Leh, Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2013
The present paper deals with four Helvella species namely Helvella acetabulum, H.corium, H.queletii and H.macropus from Leh district in Ladakh region of the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
K. Dorjey, S. Kumar, Y.P. Sharma
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Rendering Houses in Ladakh

, 2023
Sophie Day explores the houses that are imagined, built, repurposed, and dismantled among different communities in Ladakh, drawing attention to the ways in which houses are like and unlike people.A handful of in-depth ‘house portraits’ are selected for the insight they provide into major regional developments, based on the author’s extended engagement ...
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Taxonomic note about Willow Ermine Moth Yponomeuta rorrellus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae) from Ladakh division of Jammu & Kashmir, India

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, Shahid Ali Akbar, Govindasamy Mahendiran   +2 more
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Prevalence of early childhood caries among preschool children of tribal Leh district of Ladakh: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Indian Society of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry
Background: Children from tribal regions in remote geographic locations face several health-related challenges that often remain unnoticed due to a lack of reporting.
Rigzin Tamchos, Morankar Rahul, Vijay Prakash Mathur, Nitesh Tewari, Kalpana Bansal, Harsh Priya   +5 more
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Geology of the eastern part of the Tso Morari nappe, the Nidar Ophiolite and the surrounding tectonic units (NW Himalaya, India)

Journal of Maps, 2019
The Tso Morari nappe is well known for having suffered ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism in the northwest Himalaya. Its pressure-temperature evolution has been widely studied and debated since the end of the 1990s.
Nicolas Buchs, Jean-Luc Epard
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