Discover Leh Ladakh

Leh, Ladakh. Ladakh's only real town is Leh, at an altitude of 3500 metres. Leh is an old trading town on the Silk Road that linked India with the Chang Tang and Tibet to the east and Kashmir, the passes of the Karakoram mountains and central Asia to the north and west. Ladakh was a major trading centre on the Silk route between China and the Mediterranean. It was considered to be a good trade route as it had many passes through which caravans travelled to Tibet. ... The caravans carried textiles and spices, raw silk and carpets.