Ancient Gateway

"Once a pivotal link in the Silk Road network, Nepal’s Mustang district also served as a crossroads for Buddhist scholars, dating back to the 11th century. Following one of the few routes through the Himalaya, merchants traversing Mustang traded Tibetan salt and wool for spices and grains from the Indian subcontinent until the 1950s,when China’s annexation of Tibet closed the corridor." -NGM

Ancient Gateway
National Geographic Magazine, January 2023
Riley D. Champine, Patricia Healy, Eve Conant, NGM Staff. Terrain Rendering: Stephen Tyson.
Copyright © 2023 National Geographic Society​​​​​​​

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