Chapter 3 : Literature Review
3.3. Art And Culture Of Himalyas (K.S.Gulia, 2007) (Ladakh Chapter) Himalayas region is a set of different Himalayan ranges with diverse culture and tradition along the India-china border. The book gives an in-depth knowledge of each region with the technique of art, paintings and manufacture, tribes and demography. It includes Jammu& Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh. Ladakh is a northernmost part of India comprising of mountains and cold dessert with a harsh climatic condition. Over the few century it dwell with the surrounding and turned itself into a self-supporting and sustainable country which produces everything it wants except for tea. Over its history, it has been part of many rulers and always been an important trade route for a century and still is as a strategic importance for India. Lotsawa Rinchen Zangpo from Guge introduced the use of artistic style which is still practiced in Ladakh, he brought thirty artisans from Kashmir to Nagri and built 108 temples. He also intro-
Figure 53 Goncha traditional dress of ladakhis
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