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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.
Aryan Valley, historically known as Dah Hanu region, [note 1] is an area comprising four village clusters — Dah and Hanu in Leh district, and Garkon and Darchik in Kargil district — in Central Ladakh in India. It is inhabited by Brokpa people of Dardic origin.
[2] (see Strachey's 1851 map of Ladakh for similar location spellings i.e. Chimra/Chemre etc) Route marked in red arrows depicts routes of Zorawar Singh's Ladakhi and Balti campaigns. Arrows 1 to 5 depict the start from Kishtawar in 1834, through Warwan to Suru Valley, then north to Dkarste and from there turning south east to Khalatse.
The Indian union territory of Ladakh consists of two districts, with the intention to create 5 new districts announced on 26th August 2024. [1] Each district elects an autonomous district council . Until 31 October 2019, the districts of Kargil and Leh were part of the former state of Jammu and Kashmir .
Leh (/ ˈ l eɪ /) [2] is a city in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir region. [3] It is the largest city and the joint capital of Ladakh. [4] It is the capital of Ladakh since the Medieval Period. [4] Leh, located in the Leh district, was also the historical capital of the Kingdom of Ladakh.
Leh district is a district in Indian-administered Ladakh in the disputed Kashmir-region. [1] Ladakh is an Indian-administered union territory.With an area of 45,110 km 2, it is the second largest district in the country, second only to Kutch.
Map of the central Ladakh region. Ladakh is the highest plateau in India with most of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft). [20] It extends from the Himalayan to the Kunlun [68] Ranges and includes the upper Indus River valley. The confluence of the Indus (flowing left-to-right) and Zanskar (coming in from top) rivers.