Leh Ladakh is a region administered by India as a union territory that constitutes a part of the larger Kashmir region and has been disputed between India, Pakistan, and China since 1947.
Rock carvings found in many parts of Ladakh indicate that the area has been inhabited since Neolithic times and Ladakh’s earliest inhabitants consisted of nomads known as Kampa. Mons established later settlements from Kullu and Brokpas who originated from Gilgit Around the 1st century, Ladakh was a part of the Kushan Empire. Buddhism spread into western Ladakh from Kashmir in the 2nd century and the 7th-century Buddhist traveler Xuanzang describes the region in his accounts. Xuanzang’s term of Ladakh is Mo-lo-so, which academics have reconstructed as *Malasa, which is believed to have been the original name of the region.
Attractions in Leh Ladakh:
The iconic Magnetic Hill, the turquoise-colored Pangong Lake, the confluence of two mystical rivers, ancient awe-inspiring monasteries, and the highest passes are a few of the marvelous
