Introduction 5
order. Since Rob Linrothe kindly prepared a detailed map of the Transhimalayan region he
deals with (covering Zangskar, Ladakh and Kashmir), this map here does not include all
minor nodes of that area. The reader is kindly invited to consult the map in Rob Linrothe’
chapter on the Zangskar and Ladakh regions and this map for the remaining chapters of this
volume.