This is the first study of the tradition of weaving among the nomadic pastoralists of Rupshu, in eastern Ladakh. Weaving touches all aspects of life in Rupshu,

PART-I 1. Village Dictionary of Ladakh 2. Dards: An Indo Aryan Race in Ladakh 3. Khalatse: A Village of Dards 4. Stag Rimo Gonpa (Tib. stag rima dgon-pa) 5. Bud

Central theme, the development of ladakh has taken the primal focus. As ladakh is one of the highest land having attitude climate forming major impossibilities