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the ancient times the present Leh district was a part of Greater
Ladakh spread over from Kailash Mansarover to Swaat (Dardistan).
The Greater ladakh was neither under the Domain of Tibet or its
influence. Not much information is available about the ancient History
of Ladakh. However, reference about the place and its neighbourhood
in Arab, Chinese and Mongolian histories gives an idea that in the
7th Century A.D fierce wars were fought by Tibet and China in Baltistan
area of the Greater Ladakh in which deserts and barren mountains
od Ladakh was turned into battle fields for the warring armies.
in the 8th century A.D Arabs also jumped into these wars and changed
their sides between China and Tibet. Around this period, the ruler
of Kashmir, Laltadita conquered Ladakh. in the 8th Century A.D itself,
The Arabs conquered Kashghar and established their control over
Central asia which embraced Islam in the 9th century A.d and thus
a buffer state came into being between Tibet and China, terminating
the hostilities between the two warring countries. The greater Ladakh
also fell into peices.
The ancient inhabitants of Ladakh were Dards, and indo-Aryan race
from down the indus. But immigration from Tibetmore than a thousand
years ago largly overwhelmedthe culture of the Dards and moped up
their racial characters. in eastern and central Ladakh, todays population
seems to be mostly of Tibet origin. Budhism reached Tibet from India
via Ladakh. The area was the stronghold of Budhism before Islam
reached Ladakh.
A thousand years ago before the contol of Tibets rule, Raja Skitde
Nemagon, ruled over Ladakh which was known as Muryul (Red Country),
as most of the mountains and the soil in Ladakh wears a red tinge.
in the 10th Century A.D Skitday Nemagon, along with a couple of
hundred men, invaded Ladakh where there was no central authority.
The Land was divided in small principalities, which were at war
with each other. Nemagon defeated all of them and established a
strong central authority. Those days Shey, was the capital of Ladakh
became to be known as Nariskorsoom, a country
of three provinces. The present Ladakh was divided into two provinces
while the third comprised western Tibet. The area of western Tibet
slipped away from the kingdom but was reunited in 16th Century A.D.
by the famous Ladakhi ruler Sengge Namgyal. Ladakh was an independent
country since the middle of 10th century.
in the post-partition senario, Pakistan and China illegally occupied
78,114 sq. km and 37,555 sq.km of the state, respectively while
the remaining part of the state acceeded to India. Pakistan also
illegally gifted 5180 sq.kms of this area to China. Ladakh, comprising
the areas of present Leh and Kargil districts, became one of the
seven districts of the State. in 1979 when the reorganisation of
the districts was carries out, the Ladakh district was divided into
two full fledged of Leh and Kargil.
n
the ancient times the present Leh district was a part of Greater
Ladakh spread over from Kailash Mansarover to Swaat (Dardistan).
The Greater ladakh was neither under the Domain of Tibet or its
influence. Not much information is available about the ancient History
of Ladakh. However, reference about the place and its neighbourhood
in Arab, Chinese and Mongolian histories gives an idea that in the
7th Century A.D fierce wars were fought by Tibet and China in Baltistan
area of the Greater Ladakh in which deserts and barren mountains
od Ladakh was turned into battle fields for the warring armies.
country
of three provinces. The present Ladakh was divided into two provinces
while the third comprised western Tibet. The area of western Tibet
slipped away from the kingdom but was reunited in 16th Century A.D.
by the famous Ladakhi ruler Sengge Namgyal. Ladakh was an independent
country since the middle of 10th century. 
