Current Analyses on Shipki-la Trade, Kinnaur 2017

Rafał Beszterda

Published: 2017-12-31

Vol. 37 (2016)

Current Analyses on Shipki-la Trade, Kinnaur 2017

Rafał Beszterda

Abstract

This paper reflects on the most current trading activities through Shipki Pass in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh. Apart from presenting economic data it discusses the background context, political conditions and some future prospects of the trading process.

Keywords:

Himalayas, Kinnaur, trade, Shipki-la, Tibet, China

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The old trade road to Tibet. Sutlej River Valley near Pooh, Kinnaur, 2016. Photo: R. Beszterda.

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Beszterda, R. (2017). Current Analyses on Shipki-la Trade, Kinnaur 2017. Ethnologia Polona, 37, 31=52. Retrieved from https://journals.iaepan.pl/ethp/article/view/65

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Rafał Beszterda

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9486-9986

Affiliation:

Dept. of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology - Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland

Bio Statement (e.g., department and rank)

PhD in ethnology at the Adam Mickiewicz University; assistant professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus University, member of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (Leh, India).