GARTOK, a trade-market of Tibet, situated on the bank of the Indus on the road between Shigatse and Leh, to the east of Simla. In accordance with the Tibet treaty of 1904, Gartok, together with Yatung and Gyantse, was thrown open to British trade. In winter it consists of only a few dozen people whose houses stand in the midst of a bare plain. In summer, however, all the trade between Tibet and Ladakh passes through this place.