the end of which they undertake an extreme adventure 9-day return track from Siachen Base to Kumar Base 60 km away. Festivals and events Following major festivals and events are celebrated: Galdan Namchot traditional festival Great Tibetan Marathon Ladakh International Film Festival Ladakh Marathon Losar new year festival Sindhu Darshan Festival, annual 3 day tourism festival at Leh in June Rock art Ladakh has several petroglyphs dating back 5000 years to Iron Age, Bronze Age, Kushan period (30–375 CE), and as recent as 15th century. "Rock art in Ladakh comprises carvings or incisions on rock surfaces that are called petroglyphs which display a very wide range of themes and motifs, and provide crucial information about Ladakh’s prehistory about which very little is yet known, The rock art of Ladakh, whilst concentrated around the Indus River and its tributaries, is represented in all parts of Ladakh and Kargil districts, including Zanskar, Changthang and Nubra. However, the rock art of Ladakh at several locations is under severe risk of damage and outright destruction though road, housing and other development projects, and we are confident that the establishment of RAU will play a key role with other interested organisations, to create local community level awareness and ownership of this precious cultural heritage." French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) has undertaken exploration since 2009 and have found several thousand rock paintings across more than 400 rock carving sites. See also Tourism infrastructure Geography of Ladakh India-China Border Roads List of districts of Ladakh Siachen Base Camp (India) Saspol Caves Borders Actual Ground Position Line (AGPL), India-Pakistan border across Siachen region Line of Actual Control (LAC), India-China border across Ladakh Line of Control (LoC), India-Pakistan border across Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir Conflicts Sino-Indian War Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts Siachen conflict Siachen Glacier References Further reading Journal of tourist places in Ladakh External links Picture galleries: Monasteries, mountains and people Ladakh tourist attractions guide