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Archaeological Ladakh: Recent Discoveries Redefining the History of a Key Region between the Pamirs and the Himalayas
Pages 103 - 132
DOI https://doi.org/10.13173/centasiaj.61.1.0103
This paper aims at revisiting the history of Ladakh from its Protohistory (3rd millennium BCE) to the Namgyal dynasty (16th-19th century CE). It is based on the rich discoveries carried out by a variety of researchers over the past three decades, including the hundreds of fortifications, temple ruins, religious complexes, gravesites, rock art sites, etc. documented by the author. Material, cultural and religious influence from the Pamir corridor, Kashmir, Upper Tibet and Northern Central Asia have shaped Ladakh since times immemorial, and made the region to much more than solely a ‘Little Tibet’. This paper presents this data in chronological order, and shows how our understanding of Ladakh is in the process of important transformation.
本文重溯拉達克自原史時代至清代的歷史。根據最近三十年進行的考察研究， 本篇文章記錄幾百項文物的資料，包括堡壘、佛廟、寺院及佛廟、墓地、石碑 、等。拉達克不但算是一種《小西藏》，並且是自古而來帕米爾山關、開始米 、西藏高原以及中亞北部之物質、文化和宗教共同衍生的結晶。這篇文章的內 容正正就是反映拉達克地區的歷代變遷．
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