Murgo

Murgo lies in the high mountain country of Ladakh, on the difficult caravan route north toward the Karakoram Pass. Travellers from Leh crossed successive valleys and high passes before reaching the road to Yarkand. Cold, thin air and long distances between grazing and water made the journey arduous. The Jesuit Ippolito Desideri described the Karakoram pass on the road between Ladakh and Yarkand in the early eighteenth century.