Ladakh Through the Ages: Towards a New Identity, Shridhar Kaul, H. N. Kaul, pp. 37, Indus Publishing, 1992, ISBN 978-81-85182-75-9, ... After it receives the waters of the Nubra river, the Shyok takes a southerly direction forming a waterway between the Nubra valley and Khaplu in Baltistan and then pouring its waters into the Indus at the village Keris about 40 miles beyond Khaplu town ...
Islam and Tibet: Interactions Along the Musk Routes, Anna Akasoy, Charles S. F. Burnett, Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim, pp. 353, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2011, ISBN 978-0-7546-6956-2, ... The Balti are a group of people living in the western Himalayas ... related to Tibetans and speak a Tibetan dialect, but are predominantly Muslims ...
