The towering Karakoram Pass was part of the old silk route that connected Ladakh and Kashmir with Xinjiang – now, like Tibet, an “autonomous region” of China. As two observers recently described it, Daulat Beg Oldie was a kind of transfer point for goods to be loaded on to pack ponies “for the cruel journey over the Saser La into the more hospitable Shyok river valley” leading to “Leh, Turtok, or Srinagar [in Kashmir].”
高耸的喀喇昆仑山口是连接拉达克和克什米尔与新疆的古丝绸之路的一部分（新疆和西藏一样，现在都是中国的“自治区”）。正如两名观察家最近所指出的，道拉伯格玉尔地是一个转运站，靠马驮人拉的货物在这里落脚。这里位于“穿过Saser La进入较平坦的Shyok河谷”并抵达“Leh、Turtok和斯利那加（Srinagar，在克什米尔境内）”的“艰难旅途”中间。