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An engineer in this subnational political unit developed a way to make artificial glaciers now used for local irrigation, dubbed (-5[1])“ice stupas.” This region’s namesake chronicle describes its history as a trade hub formerly called “Maryul,” accessed by the Khardung La from Yarkand to the north or the Zoji La from a “vale” to the south. This is the most Buddhist political unit (-5[1])in its country due to a majority around its capital, Leh. (15[1]-5[1])This modern political unit’s Shyok River is indirectly fed by the second-longest glacier in the world, the (*) Siachen. This political unit, which names a southeastern extension of the Karakorams, claims but does not control Aksai Chin. A December 2023 court decision upheld the 2019 revocation of Article 370 to create this political unit. For 10 points, (-5[1])what largest Union Territory (-5[1])was formed by the partition of Jammu and Kashmir? ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Ladakh [prompt on Kashmir by asking “name the easternmost administrative political unit within the broader disputed Kashmir region”; reject “Jammu and Kashmir”]
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