Ladakh (Lad) Lad: ལ་དྭགས la’dwags ‘Land of (High) Passes’. From Lad/Tib: la-dvags, ‘land of passes’. Previously part of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh is now a Union Territory. Ladakh is the highest plateau in India with much of it being over 3,000 m. It...
Lad: གླེ ‘Nomad Encampment’ City/Capital, Ladakh Leh was an important junction on trading routes linking Tibet, Kashmir, and China where foodstuffs (grain, spices, salt) and textiles (silk, wool, cloth, thread) were exchanged. Francke (1914) suggest the...
