The Aryans from Ladakh

Tripoto

Photographs of the Aryan Tribe in Darchik, Ladakh, which claims to be direct descendants of Alexander, The Great. 

Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 1/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
An old woman carries her grandson on her back; as seen in Darchik, a village of the last Aryans.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 2/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Local Darchik girls.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 3/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Portrait of an Aryan woman.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 4/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 5/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Aryan women dressed in their traditional attire.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 6/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Aryan women dressed in their traditional attire.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 7/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Aryan women; their hair braided in complicated knots.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 8/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
A view of the village, Darchik.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 9/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Aryan woman in her kitchen.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 10/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
From the family album of locals from Darchik, Ladakh.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 11/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 12/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Locals attending a gig in the village.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 13/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Wheat crop ready to be harvested in the courtyards of houses in Darchik, Ladakh.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 14/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Aryan women dressed in their traditional attire.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 15/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Watching over a sunset, Darchik, Ladakh.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 16/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Watching over the sunset in Darchik, Ladakh.
Photo of The Aryans from Ladakh 17/17 by Cheryl Mukherji
Local women getting dressed for a local gig in the village, Darchik, Ladakh.