Aryan Valley

Aryan Valley, historically known as Dah Hanu region, is an area comprising four village clusters — Dah , Hanu, Garkon and Darchik in sham district and Kargil district — in Central Ladakh in India. It is inhabited by Brokpa ethnolinguistic people of Dardic origin. Until the early 17 century, the Dard Chief of Aryan valley maintained their independence from both ladakh and Baltistan, recognizing only the nominal suzerainty of Skardu Raja.

The current name originated in the tourism industry c. 2010 to market the Brokpas, the local inhabitants, as being the primordial Aryans..However, it lacks scientific proof.