Trans-Himalayan Caravans, Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh

Trans-Himalayan Caravans, Merchant Princes and Peasant Traders in Ladakh
Janet Rizvi
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2004 •  PAPER  • 388 PAGES • COMING IN

Rizvi documents the complex pattern of long distance trade and its history in High Asia, drawing on archives, historical sources and many, personal interviews with modern traders to full paint a picture of Ladakh, once a major crossroads of the Silk Road.  (HML86, $29.95)





 
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