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Khanna, Y.C. n.d. Saser Kangri. Yellow Goddess of the Karakorum: the First Ascent. New Delhi:
Central Family Welfare Committee of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police. 44 pp. An account of
a mountaineering expedition by an ITBP team.
Khoo, Michael and Tsering Norbu Martse. 1999. “The Wrath of Rahu: Remarks on the Observation
of Solar and Lunar Eclipses in Ladakh.” In RROL8, pp. 240-270. Examines the representation
of eclipses in Ladakhi Buddhist cosmology.
Kuløy, Hallvard Kåre and Imaeda, Yoshiro. 1986. Bibliography of Tibetan Studies. Narita:
Naritasan Shinshoji. Contains 11,822 references to books and articles on Tibet and the
Himalayas, including Ladakh. Includes several Chinese-language as well as Western
publications. References are arranged by alphabetical order of author.
Ladags Melong No 2 (Summer Trial Issue) 1994. Leh: Melong Publications. Articles in English
and Ladakhi on history, religion and culture, health etc. Features on ‘reflections from a nunnery
rooftop’ in Zangskar; the Jama Masjid in Leh; Tibetan families in Choglamsar;
Ladags Melong 1, No.1 (May 1995). General news. Includes features on ‘education confusion’;
the castle of Leh and the Namgyal Tsemo temple
Ladags Melong 1, No. 2 (Summer 1995). Includes features on the Hill Council Act and interviews
with key leaders; sea buckthorn; nature and the environment; eco-tourism.
Ladags Melong 1, No.3 (January 1996). Features on Rigzin Angmo, the Ladakhi athlete;
Skurbuchan village; and ‘Dzom bskal’, a story by Tsewang Toldan.
Ladags Melong 1, No. 3 (Summer 1996). Features on Ladakhi study tours to Dharamsala, Bhutan,
Sikkim; Baltistan.
Ladags Melong 2, No. 1 (Spring 1997). Features on the state of Ladakh’s heritage; Rinchen
Zangpo; Muslim monuments in Ladakh; the Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre.
Ladags Melong 2, No. 2 (Autumn 1997). Features on the Dalai Lama’s visit to Ladakh; the
passing of the Ladakh Hill Council Bill; the Kargil Development Project; higher education in
Ladakh; Drass.
Ladags Melong 1, No.1 (January 1998). Features on Ladakhi New Year; Christmas; the month of
Ramazan; Kesar
Ladags Melong 1, No. 1(March-April 1998). Includes features on the Tibetan hunger strike in
New Delhi; tsik-lu (sarcastic songs) Turtuk, Kesar, health, Ladakhi grammar.
Ladags Melong 1, No. 1(November 1998). Features on education failure; Losar; a short story by
Abdul Ghani Sheikh; a tribute to Sonam Wangyal; Kesar.
Ladags Melong 1, No.1 (August 1998). Photo feature on Kargil; poems; articles on tourism;
environment ; mountain animals.
Lafrenz, Andrea 1999. Soil salinity in Ladakh - a potential problem for future agriculture.
Dissertation. University of Trier (Germany), Department. of Geography-Geosciences. 122pp.
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