Ladakh “land of high passes” is a region in the state of Jammu and Kashmir that currently extends from the Karakoram mountain range in the north to the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent.  It is one of the most sparsely populated regions in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and its culture and history are closely related to that of Tibet. Contemporary Ladakh borders Tibet to the east, the Lahaul and Spiti regions to the south, the Vale of Kashmir, Jammu and Baltiyul regions to the west, and the southwest corner of Xinjiang across the Karakoram Pass in the far north.

Ladakh is renowned for its remote mountain beauty and culture. The largest town in Ladakh is Leh. Almost half of Ladakhis are Tibetan Buddhists and the rest are mostly Shia Muslims. Ladakh is the highest plateau of the world, with much of it being over 3,000 m (9,800 ft).

There are various Tribes and sects including the Drok-pa, Gujjar, Gaddi, Pandit, Balti and so on. Most of the minority tribes are often dominated and bullied by the Kashmiris, who have constantly been trying to take control of entire region by reducing others in numbers, either by fighting, cheating or marrying females of other tribes and taking control of their land and assets. This has been seen historically as in the case of Zanskar, where ancient Buddhists statues remind us of the prevalent Buddhist past and in  case of the Kashmir valley, where ancient Hindu temples are silent testimonials of the Hindu Pandit past. These facts have been carefully suppressed by the successive Indian pseudo-secular Governments for their vested interests of remaining in power at any cost.