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Khalsi
About Khalsi

Khalsi is a village which is 337 km from Srinigar on the old main road to Leh, where it cross the Indus over an iron bridge. It has much significance because it is the place where the road from Kashmir debouches into the Indus Valley. Close by are the remains of an old fortified customs house.There is a fragmentary inscription at Khalatse which carries the name 'Maharaja Uvima' which is attributed to the Kushan king, Vima Kadphises who ruled in the 1st or early 2nd century CE.

Lha chen Naglug, a member of a dynasty of Dard kings, who built a bridge across the Indus at the same site as the present bridge, and the Bragnag castle on the bank of the Indus, on the brook, about one mile (1.6 km) above the present village, to guard the bridge. It was constructed in competition to another bridge, the Babu Khar bridge, only three miles (4.8 km) away, and was clearly built to raise taxes from travellers. The castle is said to have been the first castle constructed in the country. The ruins of the castle and also the remains of extensive fields and watercourses are still visible. Lha chen Naglug also construct the palace at Wanla.

There are a number of ancient Dardic rock carvings nearby, including one of a Dard woman carrying a basket on her back, one of a man hunting antelopes, and some showing men with what appear to be flat hats, all costumes similar to the Dards of Da. In front of the ancient Dard castle at Khalatse is an inscription in an Indian language which probably dates from the period of Dard occupation.

The German Moravian Church Mission, which opened in Leh in 1885 had a sub-station in Khalatse which remained open for the half a century prior to India's independence in 1947 and played a significant role there with their educational and medical activities, but only made a few converts.

Entering Khaltse by the road from Srinagar, it is clear one is entering the heartland of Buddhism with its chortens or small stupas, prayer flags and mani stones. Upstream from Khalatse, and downstream on the right bank of the Indus, the people are almost all Buddhist. The ones downstream are mostly Brokpa or Dards. Khalatse is also well-known for its apricots.

Because Khalatse is about 400 metres lower than Leh, two crops can be grown each year rather than only one. By the time crops are being sown at Leh in late May, they are already half-grown at Khalatse. The first crop - usually of grim from which tsampa, the staple food in Ladakh, is made is usually harvested by mid-July and then other crops such as buckwheat, turnips and other vegetables are planted.

 


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