1. more than a thousand years old
  2. about 800 years old
  3. about 100 years old 
  4. very recent/modern 
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Option 1 : more than a thousand years old

Concept:

About the Changpa tribe:

  •  Changpa is a nomadic tribe found in Ladakh.
  • The Changpa tribe has only about 5000 people.
  • They make the famous pashmina shawl through these goats.
  • The Changpa speak Changskhat, a dialect of Tibetan, and practice Tibetan Buddhism.
  • They stay high up on these mountains in very difficult conditions.
  • The Changpas carry everything that they own on their horses and yaks.
  • Their goats and sheep are most important to them.
  • Through these goats and sheep, they obtain meat to eat, wool to wear, and skin for tents.
  • The Changpa graze their goats in higher and colder places so that the goats have more and softer hair (fur).
  • They live in a big cone-shaped tent called Rebo.
  • Near the Rebo, they have a place to keep sheep and goats called Lekha.
  • The walls of a lekha are made of stones.
  • ​In the language of the Changpa ‘changthang’ means - a place where very few people live.

Explanation:

  • The part of our country where the big cone-shaped tents are used for a living is known as ‘Rebo’ and the place in which animals are kept is called ‘Lekha’ in Leh and Ladakh.
  • Hence the design of these tents is more than a thousand years 
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