Central Asia's trade with British India and China - Times of Central Asia (subscription)

Central Asia's trade with British India and China Times of Central Asia (subscription) India and Pakistan's independence came in 1947, and as China and these two new states solidified their respective borders, they instantly and unwittingly! severed the centuries-old trading routes. No more a trading hub, Kargil was cut off entirely.

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