Ladakh and Western Himalayan Politics: 1819 -1848
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1st ed.
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xx+239p., Map; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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Ladakh, one of the oldest politics in the Western Himalayas, alongwith Baltistan and West Tibet, became the target of Dogra-Sikh invasions in the second quarter of the nineteenth century. These invasions led be General Zorawar Singh, not only determined the ruin of the Ladakh and Balti kingdoms, but also extended the boundaries of the Sikh State, under Maharaja Ranjit Singh, to its true geographical limits in the north and north-east. What were the attitudes of ...
