POLITICAL HISTORY OF LADAKH ( Pre 9th to 12th CE)

Abstract

Ladakh is the Northern most division of Indian Union which falls in Jammu and Kashmir state. Generally the recorded history of Ladakh begins with the coming of Tibetans to Ladakh in the late 9^th CE. This paper is an attempt to string together the Pre 9^th political history and the post 9^th political history of Ladakh till 12^th CE. For this purpose folk lore and oral traditions have been employed as well in order to logically fill the lacunae in the pre 9^th CE history of Ladakh. This paper also provides a geographical glimpse of Ladakh.

Key Words: Ladakh, Geographical, Political, Chronicle, Tibet, Ladakhi Kingdom.