#kargil1999 #centralasia #Silkroute #historyofkargil #thepashminaroute #travelwithkanupriya The Pashmina Route Journal Present Kargil Market Before Kargil became a name associated with war, it was a name associated with movement. Imagine Kargil a century ago: caravans arriving from Ladakh with wool and salt, traders coming from Lahaul and Punjab, Kashmir sending goods northwards, and routes towards Baltistan and Central Asia bringing carpets, stones, horses and stories from m

#Silkroute #Silkrouteofindia #roadtriptoladakh #Manalitokashmir #manalitokashmirbyroad #Ladakhcircuit #zanskarfixeddeparture #ladakhfixeddeparture #thingstodoinmanali Route to Shinkula "If there's one thread, quite literally, that ties these four places together, it's wool. Not folklore, not religion, but the Old Silk Route trade. A goat in Tibet grew it, only a trader in Ladakh could buy it, a merchant in Kargil housed it, and a weaver in Srinagar spent a year and a half tur