CONTENTS: List of Photos, Maps and Charts, Message by the Lt. Governor, Union Territory of Ladakh, Forword, Preface, 1. GEOGRAPHICAL PATTERNS: Rivers, Routes, Climate, Flora, Fauna, 2. LAND AND PEOPLE: Brokpa (Arya/Dards), Changpa, Balti (urig-pa), 3. PREVIOUS RESEARCHERS IN THE REGION: Accounts on Ladakh, Archaeological Researchers, 4. PRE-HISTORY & PROTO-HISTORY: Pre-history, Stone Age, Proto-history, Chalcolithic Period, Bronze Age, Harappan Culture, Iron Age, Pre-history of Ladakh, Petroglyphs, Petroglyphs of Ladakh, 5. EARLY HISTORIC PERIOD: Beginning of the Historical Period (Early Historical Period), Early Historical Period in Kashmir: Ashoka and Kushan, Early Historical Period in Ladakh, Bonism, rGyalam Kesar Epic (Mythology), Gna-khri-btsan-po (Narisanpo) Kingdom, Mauryan and Kushana Empire in Ladakh, 6. HISTORICAL PERIOD: Historical Period in General, Historical Period of Ladakh, Visits of Chinese Travelers, Introduction of Bodhi Script, Arab Conquest, Rock Sculptures (Colossal Image), MEDIEVAL HISTORY: Medieval History, Medieval History of Ladakh, Dpal-Gyl-Mgon (Palgyi Gon) (C.930-960 CE), Lotsava Rinchen bZangpo, Stupa, Selected Bibliography.