Dah (also known as Dha) and Hanu are two villages of the Brokpa of the Leh District of the Indian union territory of Ladakh. Until recently, these were the only two villages where tourists were allowed to visit out of a number of Brokpa villages.The villages are together called the “Aryan valley”[2]

Dah Hanu
Twin Villages
Dah Hanu Location in Ladakh, India Show map of Ladakh Dah Hanu Dah Hanu (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 34.60°N 76.50°E / 34.60; 76.50
Country	India
Union Territory	Ladakh
District	Leh
Tehsil	Khalsi[1]
Population  (2011)
• Total	1,816
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

The Dard people of Dah Hanu are nominally Buddhist but also worship their own animist pantheon of gods. They converted to Buddhism in the mid-nineteenth century.[3] They have an Indo-European appearance in contrast to the predominant Tibeto-Mongol inhabitants of most of Ladakh.[4]According to popular belief, the Brokpas were part of the army of Alexander the Great and came to the region over two thousand years ago[5][6]

Dha and Hanu are two villages situated in the Dhahanu valley, about 163 km northwest of Leh in Ladakh. Being at a lower altitude, Dha and Hanu is warmer than Leh, allowing for the cultivation of wine-grapes and cherries as well as apricots and walnuts.[4]

"Some households still practice polyandry...it is the groom who pays the bride price. Women have rights of divorce."[7]

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