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Historical Map of the Dogra Kingdom of Jammu and Kashmir

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The State of Jammu and Kashmir as it was at its largest extent under the rule of the Dogras. This Map helps people understand the complicated Geography and Diversity of the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir.

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tags: kashmir, jammu and kashmir, ladakh, baltistan, gilgit, chilas, chitral
categories: Himalayan History
Tuesday 10.15.19
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 3
 

The Hindu Raj Mountains

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The Hindu Raj Mountains is a little known Mountain Range sandwiched between the Hindus Kush and the Karakoram Ranges located mostly in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistan. And till date many few people outside the region know of this Range which purists consider separate from the Hindu Kush Range.

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tags: hindu kash, himalayas, karakoram, hindu raj, chitral, khyber pakhtunkhwa
categories: Himalayan Geography
Sunday 03.24.19
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Chitral Expedition

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The Story of the the Chitral Expedition, a conflict in the shadows of the Hindu Kush and the Karakorams between the local Rulers and his tribesmen against the British and the soldiers of the Jammu and Kashmir state. A story of a seige and how it was finally broken.

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tags: chitra, chitral, kashmir, himalayas
categories: Himalayan History
Thursday 12.20.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Bulbulik Music School, Gojal Valley, Gilgit

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The Bulbulik Music School in Gojal Valley, Gilgit is making efforts to revive musical traditions that are on the verge of extinction. Run by Gulmit Educational and Social Welfare Society, Bubulik is named after nightingales which are frequently mentioned in Persian and Urdu poetry. The school takes its name from Wakhi folk culture known as Bulbulik. Shepherds of lowland areas sing while they travel to the highlands to send messages back home.  Taken from the Dawn

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tags: Bulubulik, Gilgit, Hunza, Gojal, chitral
categories: Himalayan People
Thursday 05.03.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
 

Humans of Himalayas : The Kalash

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The Kalash is a name given to a Group of people who exist in three isolated Valleys of Chitral in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region of Pakistan. As of today Kalash people include people who follow Islam and another Group which still practices its ancient religion. As on the present day their numbers of those following the original religion are in a few thousands and they have been under threat since a long time though lately due to Government intervention they have been relatively free to go on with their lives and traditions as they have for thousands of years.

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tags: kalash, chitral, chillum joshi, alexander, bumburet
Sunday 04.08.18
Posted by Prashant Mathawan
Comments: 5
 

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