Tathapi (UGC Care Journal) ISSN:2320-0693 Vol-19-Issue-25-June-2020 Page | 69 Copyright ⓒ 2020Authors Rahul Sankrityayan on Ladākh and Tibetan Buddhist Population: With Special Reference of their Socio-economic Conditions Poonam Bhartiya 1 1 Research Scholar, Gautam Buddha University. Rahul Sankrityayan (9 April 1893 - 14 April 1963) was a great writer and traveler who gave a new academic dimension to his wandering. He was born in a Sanatan Hindu Brahmin family and named Kedarnath Pandey. His father's family lived in Kanailā village, Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh, but he was born in his maternal grandfather's house at Pandhā village Azamgarh. He traveled with the aim to acquire practical knowledge and create his own travelogue. Rahul‟s wandering was started by his childhood when he was of ten years old and traveled to Banaras in 1903. He was inspired by his maternal Grandfather because he used to tell the stories of different trips to him. During his young age the following lines from his text book‟s story „Khudāi kā Nateejā‟ induced his curiosity for wandering in which said, “सैर कर दुनिया की गाफिल निनदगािी फिर कहाा ? निनदगािी कु छ रही तो िौिवािी फिर कहाा ”? 1 The statement means that take a trip around the world right now, where such a life? And even if there is a life, then it is not youth. According to Rahul, the travelogues made his writings and wandering made this world. He says that if the person remains in one place then the world does not grow further. Rahul was an academic wanderer who always wants to know everything from the practical world. He says that when a sensitive artist leaves for excursions, except for the temptations on the surface, he enters its soul. 2 His wandering was never stopped due to the financial crisis and lack of resources. In most of the trips, he suffered from financial problems but he never lost his desire to travelogue. The Buddha‟s statement like „life is journey and journey is life‟ was the original mantra of his wandering. He explains the importance of wandering and says that historical political groups like Āryans, Saka, Huna all were „Ghumakkad kabilās‟ (Nomadic groups) who were first to travel to one place to another place and later then established their kingdom. 3 According to him wandering was always fruitful because it provides him the opportunity to obtain new places and resources.