arter trade has been an integral part of human civilisation, but over time, as people moved to cities, cash replaced kind Kathmandu Valley’s Newa traders prospered from a trans-Himalayan barter trade between Tibet and India. The yak caravans of Dolpo were immortalised in Eric Valli’s award-winning 1999 docudrama, Caravan. Less well known are the Bhote Khampa migrant traders […]