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Dah (or Dha, Da; Tibetan: མདའ, Wylie: mda, THL: da) is a panchayat village in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [1] It is the most prominent of all the Brokpa settlements, other than Dah, it has six hamlets: Biama(or phunder) , Baldes, Sannit, Pardos, Lastyang and Dundur [2] It is located east of Batalik in Aryan Valley (Dah Hanu valley) of Indus river of Ladakh in the Khalsi tehsil.
Dah (also known as Dha) and Hanu are two villages of the Brokpa of the Leh District of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Until 2010, these were the only two villages where tourists were allowed to visit out of a number of Brokpa villages.
The region is inhabited by the Brokpas — an exonym, used by the Ladakhis (lit. Highlanders) — who are a sub-group of the Shin people. [2] From their oral history, it can be reasoned that Dah-Hanu region was first occupied c. 10th century by a group of migratory Shins who practiced the largely-animist ancient Dardic religion, and staked claim to a "Minaro" ethnic identity. [2]
The Brokpa speak an Indo-Aryan language called Brokskat, which is a variety of the Shina language currently spoken in the Gilgit region. [9] ( During the British Raj, it became common to refer to the people of the Gilgit region as "Dards" using ancient nomenclature.
Dah or DAH may refer to: Morse code symbol; Dah, Ivory Coast, a village in Montagnes District; Dah, Ladakh, a village in Jammu and Kashmir, India; Dah, Mali, a town in Ségou Region; Dah (band), former Yugoslav/Belgian band; Air Algérie (ICAO code: DAH), Algerian airline; Gwahatike language, a PNG Finisterre language, ISO 639 code dah
Before the creation of these new districts, Ladakh consisted of only two districts: Leh and Kargil. [4] The establishment of Drass and the other four newly proposed districts increases the total number of districts in Ladakh to seven. This move aims to bring government services and opportunities closer to the residents of these remote areas. [4 ...
The culture of Ladakh refers to the traditional customs, belief systems, and political systems that are followed by Ladakhi people in India. The languages, religions, dance, music, architecture, food, and customs of the Ladakh region are similar to neighboring Tibet. Ladakhi is the traditional language of Ladakh.
Khalatse (Wylie: mkhar la rtse, THL: khar la tsé), often written as Khaltse or Khalsi, is the headquarters of the eponymous subdivision, block and tehsil in the Leh district of Ladakh, India. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is located 95 km from Leh city on the old main road to Kargil , where it crosses the Indus over an iron bridge. [ 3 ]