People's Understanding of Ladakh in Multilingual Literature from the Qing Dynasty
Ladakh is a part of the mNgav-ris region("mNgav-ris-skor-gsum"),also known as"mNgav-ris Mang-yul".It is a kind of local knowledge in Xizang and constitutes the local traditional geography,history and political concepts.This concept has far-reaching influence and is still reflected in many multilingual documents of the Qing Dynasty.During the Qing Dynasty,the Tibetan Buddhist community and secular aristocrats in the dBus-gtsang area regarded Ladakh as the"mNgav-ris Mang-yul",and often called Ladakh or Ladakhi people with the word"mNgav-ris".Ladakh regarded itself as part of the mNgav-ris region,often called themselves"Tibetan Ladakh"or"Tibetan"when interacting with Altishahr areas.This has shaped the perception of Lada-kh in surrounding Tibetan-related areas and Muslim areas.Local officials in charge of Tibetan and Altishahr af-fairs in the Qing Dynasty accepted this understanding,which in turn affected Qing government's understanding of Ladakh and shaped the depiction of Ladakh in maps of Xizang and local chronicles of Xinjiang.South Asia's perception of Ladakh then shaped modern Western perceptions.
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