The Zanskar Valley is named after a mountain range here.
After conquering Zanskar, the army returned to Jammu through Paddar.
Pakistani raiders invaded Ladakh and occupied Kargil and Zanskar, reaching within 30 km of Leh.
Under the leadership of Ratnu Thakur the people of Paddar attacked Zanskar in 1820 or
vertical cliffs up to 600 m high and the Zanskar River(a tributary of the Indus)
In 1948,
Pakistani raiders invaded Ladakh and occupied Kargil and Zanskar, reaching within 30 km of Leh.
In 1845 during the rule of Maharaja Gulab Singh, both Paddar and Zanskar were given the status of tehsil.
Under the leadership of Ratnu Thakur the people of Paddar attacked Zanskar in 1820 or
1825 Zanskar was with a Bhot Raja under Ladakh.
Its walls are near
vertical cliffs up to 600 m high and the Zanskar River(a tributary of the Indus)
is only 5 metres(16 ft) in places.
Zanskar is one of the coldest arid inhabited highlands in the world,
situated within an altitudinal range of 3,500 m to 6,478 m above mean sea level.
Zanskar is one among the cold arid inhabited highlands of the world,
lying within an altitudinal range of 3500 m to 6478 m above mean sea level.