Rock Art of the Karakoram, Ladakh, and the Upper Indus

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The earliest visual record of High Asia

Methodology Note

This report was drafted without web access from the agent’s training knowledge (cutoff: May 2025). The scholarship on upper Indus and Karakoram rock art is well-documented in published literature, particularly the multi-volume series Antiquities of Northern Pakistan (ed. Karl Jettmar, then Harald Hauptmann), Ahmad Hasan Dani’s Chilas: The City of Nanga Parbat, the work of Gerard Fussman on inscriptions, and Laurianne Bruneau’s studies of Ladakhi rock art. Where the agent is uncertain or where scholarly debate exists, this is stated explicitly. A verification pass with web access is recommended before this document is considered final.

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Rock Art of the Karakoram, Ladakh, and the Upper Indus

Methodology Note