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Beautiful barren mountains can be seen on the way to Srinagar from Leh near Mattayan village. Mattayan village is a small village in Dras district of Jammu and Kashmir. It is on National highway 1 D which is also known as Leh - Srinagar highway. Dras is a town in the kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir, India on National Highway 1D (India) NH 1D. It is often called 'The Gateway to Ladakh'. The town shot into prominence in the summer of 1999 following Pakistani army incursions into Jammu and Kashmir. The Kargil War saw the town being shelled by the Pakistani army and the war ended with the Indian Army recapturing the areas surrounding the town and the Kargil district. Dras is a town in the Kargil District of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is often called 'The Gateway to Ladakh'. It is at a h