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1 Ladakh sends one member (MP) to the lower house of the ________ the Lok Sabha.

2 The ________, is another rare cat that preys on smaller herbivores in Ladakh.

3 The ________ in central Ladakh is especially a good habitat for this predator as it has abundant prey populations.

4 There are about 200 ________ in Ladakh (of an estimated 7,000 worldwide).

5 There are also a few ________ in the Suru valley and the area around Dras.

6 What type is thing is Ladakh?

7 Ladakh was, however defeated by the ________, who had already annexed Kashmir and Baltistan, but it retained its independence.

8 Oropolitics by Pakistan and cartographic aggression by the United States Defense Mapping Agency in 1957 was eventually followed by a race to occupy the heights of the Saltoro Ridge which borders the ________.

9 Among smaller animals, marmots, ________, and several types of pika and vole are common [34].

10 What state is Ladakh in?

💡 Interesting Facts

  • the Alchi Monastery in Ladakh was built, according to local tradition, by the translator Rinchen Zangpo (c. 1000 AD), although inscriptions ascribe it to an 11th century Tibetan noble?
  • the Ladakh Ecological Development and Environmental Group has been responsible for solar energy development in Ladakh in northern India?
  • the statue of the Shakyamuni Buddha (pictured) of Shey Monastery is believed to be the second largest such statue in the northern Indian region of Ladakh?
  • Tsomoriri (pictured), with an altitude of 4,595 metres (15,075 ft) in Ladakh, is the largest of the High Altitude Lakes in the Trans-Himalayan biogeographic region entirely within India?
  • Takthok Monastery is the only monastery of the Nyingma sect of Tibetan Buddhism in Ladakh?
  • Likir Monastery in Ladakh contains a statue of Avalokiteśvara with 1000 arms and 11 heads?
  • Rizong Monastery in Ladakh, Inidia, is known as “the paradise for meditation”?
  • Shanti Stupa (pictured), Ladakh, inaugurated by the Dalai Lama in 1985, holds the relics of the Buddha?
  • Diskit Monastery (pictured) is the oldest and largest Buddhist monastery in the Nubra Valley of Ladakh, northern India?
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