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Demchok Sector
The Demchok sector is a disputed area named after the villages of Demchok, Ladakh, Demchok in Ladakh and Demchok, Ngari Prefecture, Demchok in Tibet, situated near the confluence of the Charding Nullah and Indus River. It is a part of the greater Sino-Indian border dispute between China and India. Both China and India claim the disputed region, with a Line of Actual Control between the two nations situated along the Charding Nullah. The Charding Nullah was mentioned by the name "Lhari stream" in a treaty between the Kingdom of Ladakh and the Ganden Phodrang government of Tibet in 1684 and stated as the boundary between the two regions. British surveys placed the border in 1847 between the Jammu and Kashmir (princely state), princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and Tibet under Qing rule, Qing Tibet on the stream, while British maps from 1868 onwards placed the border downstream and west of Demchok (historical village), Demchok. After independence in 1947, India claimed the sout ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demchok, Ladakh
Demchok (), KNAB Place Name Database, retrieved 27 July 2021. previously called New Demchok, and called Parigas () by the Chinese, is a village and military encampment in the Indian-administered Demchok sector, that is disputed between India and China. It is administered as part of the Nyoma tehsil in the Leh district of Ladakh by India, and claimed by China as part of the Tibet Autonomous Region. The Line of Actual Control (LAC) passes along the southeast side of the village, along the Charding Nullah (also called Demchok River and Lhari stream) which joins the Indus River near the village. Across the stream, less than a kilometre away, is a Chinese-administered Demchok, Ngari Prefecture, Demchok village.
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Sina News
Sina Corporation () is a Chinese technology company. Sina operates four major business lines: Sina Weibo, Sina Mobile, Sina Online, and Sinanet. Sina has over 100 million registered users worldwide. Sina was recognized by ''Southern Weekend'' as the "China's Media of the Year" in 2003. Sina owns Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like microblog social network, which has 56.5 percent of the Chinese microblogging market based on active users and 86.6 percent based on browsing time over Chinese competitors such as Tencent and Baidu. The social networking service has more than 500 million users and millions of posts per day, making it the largest Chinese-language mobile portal. The company was founded in Beijing in 1998, and its global financial headquarters have been based in Shanghai since October 1, 2001. Sina App Engine (SAE) is the earliest and largest PaaS platform for cloud computing in China. It is run by SAE Department, which was founded in 2009. SAE is dedicated in providing stable, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsewang Namgyal
Tsewang Namgyal ( Ladakhi: , Wylie: ''tshe-dbang rnam-rgyal'') was a 16th-century Namgyal dynasty king (''gyalpo'') of Ladakh, India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ..., from 1575 to 1595. Son of blind king Lhawang Namgyal. He was succeeded by his son, Namgyal Gonpo. References {{reflist 16th-century monarchs in Asia Kings of Ladakh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rutog County
Rutog County (, zh, s=日土县) is a Counties of China, county in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China. The county seat is the new Rutog Town, located some or 700 miles west-northwest of the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. Rutog County shares a border with India, which is Sino-Indian border dispute, disputed. The county has a rich history of folk tales, myths, legends, proverbs and folk songs and has many caves, rock paintings and other relics. The Xinjiang-Tibet Highway runs through the Rutog County for . The modern county established in March 1961 covers . It has a very low population density with a population of just over 10,000. Name 'Rutog' is Tibetan for "mountain shaped like a spear and fork". Geography and climate Rutog County is located in northwestern Tibet, in the Ngari Prefecture, with a number of territorial borders. It is divided into 12 townships and 30 village committees. The average altitude of the county is with a maximum altitude of . To the n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demchok Karpo
Demchok (), KNAB Place Name Database, retrieved 27 July 2021. previously called New Demchok, and called Parigas () by the Chinese, is a and military encampment in the Indian-administered , that is disputed between India and China. It is administered as part of the Nyoma in the |
Ladakh Chronicles
The ''Ladakh Chronicles'', or ''La-dvags-rgyal-rabs'' (), is a historical work that covers the history of Ladakh from the beginnings of the first Tibetan dynasty of Ladakh until the end of the Namgyal dynasty. The chronicles were compiled by the Namgyal dynasty, mostly during the 17th century, and are considered the primary written source for Ladakhi history. It remains one of only two surviving pre-19th century literary sources from Ladakh. Only seven original manuscripts of the chronicles are known to have existed, of which two survive today. Background Until the early 19th century, European historians believed that there were no written histories from Ladakh. After reports to the contrary, Alexander Cunningham found the first known manuscript of the chronicles (''Ms. Cunningham'') during his stay in Ladakh in 1847. The origin, intent, and time of the authorship of the ''Ladakh Chronicles'' remains unknown to modern historians. It remains one of only two surviving pre-19th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zanskar
Zanskar, Zahar (locally) or Zangskar, is the southwestern region of Kargil district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The administrative centre of Zanskar is Padum. Zanskar, together with the rest of Ladakh, was briefly a part of the kingdom of Geography of Tibet, Western Tibet called Ngari Khorsum. Zanskar lies 250 km south of Kargil, Kargil City on National Highway 301 (India), NH301. In August 2024, the Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs announced that Zanskar will become a district (India), district in Ladakh by 2028. Etymology Zanskar ( ''zangs dkar'') appears as ''“Zangskar”'' mostly in academic studies in social sciences (anthropology, gender studies), reflecting the Ladakhi pronunciation, although the Zanskari pronunciation is Zãhar. Older geographical accounts and maps may use the alternate spelling "Zaskar". An etymological study (Snellgrove and Skorupsky, 1980) of the name reveals that its origin might refer to the natural occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Purang County
Purang County or Burang County (; zh, s=普兰县) is an administrative division of Ngari Prefecture, Ngari Prefectures of the People's Republic of China, Prefecture in the Tibet Autonomous Region (''TAR'') of China. The county seat is Purang Town, known as ''Taklakot'' in Nepali language, Nepali. The county covers an area of , and has a population of 9,657 as of 2010. Geography Political geography Purang County has TAR's south-western border with Nepal's Sudurpashchim and Karnali Province, Karnali Provinces of Nepal, province, Darchula District, Darchula, Bajhang District, Bajhang and Humla District, Humla List of districts of Nepal, District. Further west, India's Uttarakhand States and union territories of India, State, Pithoragarh district and Chamoli district borders. Buddhism, Buddhist, Hinduism, Hindu and Jainism, Jain pilgrimage, pilgrims going to Lake Manasarovar and Mount Kailash enter from Nepal via Simikot, and from India via Dharchula. The county is bounded by o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guge
Guge () was an ancient dynastic kingdom in Western Tibet. The kingdom was centered in present-day Zanda County, Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region. At various points in history after the 10th century AD, the kingdom held sway over a vast area including south-eastern Zanskar, Kinnaur district, and Spiti Valley, either by conquest or as tributaries. The ruins of the former capital of the Guge kingdom are located at Tsaparang in the Sutlej valley, not far from Mount Kailash and west from Lhasa. History Founding Guge was founded in the 10th century. Its capitals were located at Tholing and Tsaparang. Kyide Nyimagon, a great-grandson of Langdarma, the last monarch of the Tibetan Empire, fled to Ngari Prefecture, Ngari (West Tibet) from the insecure conditions in Ü-Tsang in 910. He established a kingdom around 912, annexing Burang County, Purang and Guge. He established his capital in Guge. Nyimagon later divided his lands into three parts. The king's eldest son Lhachen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palgyigon
Lhachen Palgyigon () () was the founding king of the Kingdom of Maryul, based in modern Ladakh. Palgyigon was a son of Kyide Nyimagon, a descendant of the Old Tibetan dynasty, who unified the Western Tibet ( Ngari) during the Tibetan Era of Fragmentation. Palgyigon was the eldest of three brothers, the other two being Trashigon and Detsukgon. Palgyigon is said to have extended the kingdom of his father to the "Kashmir pass" (Zoji La) in the northwest, along what were referred to as the "lowlands of Ngari" (''mar-yul'' of ''mṅah‐ris''). He became an independent king after his father's death. The other two sons of Nyimagon, Trashigon and Detsukgon, also inherited the kingdoms of Guge‐ Purang and Zanskar, respectively. The three kingdoms together were referred to as "Ngari Korsum" (, "the three divisions of Ngari").: "Mnah-ris (Mnga-ris), although now restricted to West Tibet, then referred to the entire territory between the Zoji and Mayum passes." The kingdom of Maryul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngari Khorsum
Kyide Nyimagon (), whose original name was Khri-skyid-lding, was a member of the Yarlung dynasty of Tibet and a descendant of emperor Langdarma. He migrated to Western Tibet and founded the kingdom of Ngari Khorsum ("the three divisions of Ngari") around 912 CE. After his death in 930 CE, his large kingdom was divided among his three sons, giving rise to the three kingdoms of Maryul (Ladakh), Guge-Purang and Zanskar-Spiti. Family After the assassination of the emperor Langdarma, the Tibetan empire entered a period of civil war over succession by Langdarma's two sons (Yum-brtan) and ('Odsrung), which divided the empire into two parts. Ösung's son Depal Khortsen (–) is believed to have controlled most or part of Central Tibet. Nyimagon was one of the sons of Depal Khortsen, the other being Trashi Tsentsän (''bKraśis-brtsegs-brtsan''). Both the sons fled Ü-Tsang (Central Tibet) in 910 when their father was murdered, at the end of the 3rd , which is taken to mark the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
