Araib Ali Baig
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History Buff | Antiquarian | Philosophile | Wanderlust. Tales from the mountains of #Karakoram #Himalayas #Hindukush . #Brushal | #Baloristan | #Dardistan .
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Skardu:
The temperature here is -20°C. The people of Baltistan are protesting on the seventh day at Yadgar Skardu against the Khalsa Sarkar ( Government Land), wheat cut, increase in electricity prices, and illegal taxes.
#Gilgit_Baltistan
#GilgitBaltistan
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The art of rock carving is present in all regions of Gilgit Baltistan, mainly in the districts of Diamir, Hunza & Nagar and Baltistan in Pakistan. Speaking specifically of Baltistan, these engravings can be seen on former settlements and popular old routes along the Indus
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King of forts, Kharpocho
The great fort of Baltistan "Kharpocho" on the vertical cliff of the hill in the middle of Skardu valley stands with hundreds of historical and cultural stories hidden in its chest. This fort is the glorious past of Baltistan
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Newly discovered Rock -carved triad Buddha in Shigar , Baltistan !
Three old Buddha images on the rock , on way from Shigar Lumsa to Jarba Tso on road side.
PC : Wazir Sharif
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This is not Antarctica nor South Pole but this is Gilgit Baltistan "The Baltoro Glacier Karakorum Range Baltistan"
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Karakurom
#baltoro
#k2
#Glacier
#Baltistan
⛰
@Skardu_GB
@PakistanNature
@UMountaineer
@GBpak
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Ghizer valley is the westernmost part of the Gilgit-Baltistan region . Its capital is Gahkuch. Ghizer is crossroads between Gilgit and Chitral and also to Tajikistan via Kurumber pass through Ishkomen/Darkut Yasin (which are connected via Shandur Pass).
#GilgitBaltistan
@travel
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This is not trolltunga Norway but
this is Marsur Rock Hussainabad , Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan .
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#BlueTwitter
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Ibex on top of a boulder in front of Passu Cones in Gojal, Hunza , Gilgit Baltistan
PC : Asif Murtaza
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#IBEX
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A stunning aerial view of Indus river and Gilgit Skardu Road, Gilgit-Baltistan .
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Silkroad
#IndusRiver
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ROCK ART IN GILGIT-BALTISTAN
The Gilgit-Baltistan was dominated by Buddhism, which left different rock
recorded compositions and pictures going back between 5000 BC to 8th Century AD. Nearly 20000 focuses are discovered yet the vital spots are Chilas Rock Inscriptions,
@GBpak
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Sunrise at Rakaposhi , Nagar Valley, Gilgit Baltistan, Silk Road.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#silkroad
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A photo of Chinese medical workers and law enforcement officers riding horses to remote places in the Altai Mountains for
#coronavirus
prevention efforts.
#CoronaVirusUpdates
#silkroad
#ChinaCoronaVirus
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“It is spring again.
The earth is like
a child that knows
poems by heart."
~ Rainer Maria Rilke
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Silkroad
#SpringBreak
#Blossom
#Skardu
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First ever photograph taken of K2 in 1902 by Jules Jacot-Guillarmod.
In 1902, an international team of six embarked on an ambitious expedition to the Karakoram. Their goal - the first ascent of K2 (8,611m). During their six-month expedition they achieved a high point of 6,525m,
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#Karakoram
Highway 1957 vs 2018.
Two photos showing a difference of 60 years.
Both taken from the same spot .
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#SilkRoad
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Pamir - Wakhan Corridor & Gilgit.
The Wakhan Corridor is a narrow strip of territory in North-Eastern Afghanistan that extends to China and separates Tajikistan from Pakistan. The corridor, wedged between the
#Pamir
Mountains to the north and the
#Karakoram
Range to the south,
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Gilgit Baltistan is home to 190+ mountains above 7,000 metres (22,970 ft). Five of the world's fourteen mountains taller than 8,000 metres (26,000 ft) ("eight-thousanders") are in
@GBpak
, four of which are near
#Concordia
. Most of Pakistan's high peaks are located in the
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Congratulations to
@SaminaKBaig
from shimshal Gojal Hunza GB for being nominated as Caretaker Minister in the interim government of Gilgit-Baltistan. She is a first female Mountaineer of Pakistan.
@UMountaineer
@ETroguet
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Confluence of river
#Indus
and
#Shyok
. Indus on right and Shyok on left.
Gilgit-Baltistan , Silkroad
📷 Abbas Shah
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Silkroad
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ANCIENT DIARY OF HUMAN
Gilgit Baltistan is rich in petroglyphs (rock carvings) in hundreds of thousands and from very ancient times. It is estimated that there 50,000 pieces of petroglyphs in
@GBpak
, especially along the Karakoram Highway.
@TheAncientWorld
@ahencyclopedia
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River Hunza
Location : Hussaini , Gojal ( GB ).
Photo :
@Khunjerav
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Silkroad
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Nanga Parbat, locally known as Diamer, is the ninth highest mountain in the world at 8,126 metres (26,660 ft) above sea level. Located in the Diamer District of Pakistan’s Gilgit Baltistan region, Nanga Parbat is the western anchor of the Himalayas.
@UMountaineer
@KomalUzair
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The first trigonometric survey of the Himalayan giants including Everest , K-2 , Nanga Parbat , Raka Poshi and Kachenganga was carried out during above mentioned years.
Circa 1807
PC : The Himalaya Travels
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Historically, Klik and Mintika passes were frequently crossed by Buddhist pilgrims and traders along the ancient Silk Route.
The trek offers breathtaking landscape and could be rated as one of the easiest trekking route in Gilgit-Baltitan.
#GilgitBaltistan
#silkroad
@GBpak
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Snow leopard 🐆after hunting a Himalayan Ibex (Markhor ♈) at Khunjerav National Park, Gilgit Baltistan.
#GilgitBaltistan
#Wildcats
#wildlife
#Karakurom
#Himalayas
#HinduKush
#HighAsia
#RoofofTheWorld
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Kazakh Eagle Hunter, Western Mongolia -
📷 Joel Santos
Out in the wilds of Mongolia, along the Altai mountain range, there is a group of Kazakh nomads known by many as the “qusbegi”—literally translated, this means “lord of birds.” It’s an apt name,
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The Entire Karakurom Giants in single shot.
PC : Respectful Owner
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#silkroad
#mountains
⛰
#KarakuromRange
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Milkyway over Nanga Parbat, Fairy Meadows, Diamer, Gilgit Baltistan .
One of the rare views.
© AMG Perspective
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#SilkRoad
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Autumn is the most liked and beautiful season in Gilgit Baltistan when leaves turn yellow, red, orange, brown etc. Thousands of foreigners and domestic tourists come to Gilgit Baltistan to see the breathtaking beauty of autumn.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Autumn
@PakistanNature
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Ishkoman is a beautiful valley located in District Ghizar, GB. A truly hidden paradise, very seldom visited by any tourists. Everything is still very pure, including the people, with pure hearts.
It borders with Wakhan Corridor to the north, subsequently you can see a lot of
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Gupis Valley Ghizer is located about 112 kilometers (70 miles) in west of Gilgit on the bank of River Ghizer , in District Ghizer of Gilgit-Baltistan region, High Asia. The 35 kilometers (22 miles) road between Gahkuch (capital of District Ghizer) and Gupis Valley is
@GBpak
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Desert and Snow
Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan.
26 December 2019
📷 Abrar Khawaja
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#mountain
#Desert
#Snow
#Skardu
#Baltistan
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The Forgotten Region of
#Dards
It is the oldest-known route connecting Gilgit with Skardu and Srinagar through the Deosai Plateau. Ancient travellers are believed to have extensively crossed the pass by horse. At the beginning of the 20th century,
#Dards
#Dardistan
#Gilgit
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An archeological masterpiece in Kargah, Gilgit, around 9 kilometers from Gilgit City.
The statue of Lord Bhudda carved on the sheer face of solid rock, from 4th and 5th Century AD.
Bhudism was once prevalent in most parts of GB and Kohistan.
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"Art and beauty are life "
A Pakistani truck decorated with art moving through the mighty Karakurom highway.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Pakistan
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An Artist playing Rubab at Cold Desert, Skardu, Gilgit Baltistan.
📷 Rightful Owner
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Skardu
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Kutwal Lake is a beautiful high altitude lake located in the Hramosh Valley at the hight of 3100 Meters, Haramosh lies about 65 kilometres (40 mi) east of Gilgit, in the south-central region of the Rakaposhi-Haramosh Mountains, a subrange of the Karakoram range.
@Gilgittheheaven
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Surrounded by 7000+m peaks, goats, sheperd and nature , a deep contentment naturally comes.
#Rakaposhi
, 7788m, and
#Diran
,7266m
#Gilgit_Baltistan
#HighAsia
#Karakoram
@earth
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“Thanks be to God for taking away the injuries of
#autumn
, for making the earth blossom and the
#spring
so spring-like.”—
#Rumi
, Ghazal 3041
#GilgitBaltistan
#Hunza
#Spring
#Autumn
#KKH
#silkroad
@GBpak
@Gilgittheheaven
@destinationpak
@PakistanNature
@Pakistaninpics
@gbeepk
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Shatial is a transit station with archaeological significance on Karakoram Highway in Gilgit-Baltistan.
merchants left behind over 550 inscriptions dating from third to seventh centuries in the Sogdian language nine in the extinct Bactrian language, and two in Middle Persian
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Deosai is the combination of two words ‘Deo’ (giant) and ‘Sai’ (shadow).
The Deosai National Park is a high-altitude alpine plain and national park in Northern Pakistan.
For centuries, it is believed that this place is haunted by giants, thus the name ‘The Land of the Giants’
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“The springtime of love has come to the garden of souls, look at the branches and leaves revealing their secrets”—
#Rumi
, Ghazal 2400
#GilgitBaltistan
#SpringBreak
#SpringIsComing
#BlossomWatch
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Skardu Fort or Kharpocho (Balti: کھر فچو) means The king of Forts is a fort in Skardu city in Gilgit-Baltistan region of Pakistan. Australian mountaineer and film maker Greg Child writes that the fort is "perched above the junction of the rivers" and overlooks the Rock of Skardu.
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Ancient route between Gilgit and Hunza in the mountains of Karakoram, Gilgit Baltistan.
circa 1910
📷 R.B.Holmes
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#silkroad
#Karakoram
#Gilgit
#Hunza
#History
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Master pieces of rock art 3,000 years ancient rock art found in Butogah, Chilas , Diamer ( GB ) . There are more than 5,000 ancient rock arts along KKH in Chilas region ( Thalpan )
@PicsSilkRoad
@DalrympleWill
@ahencyclopedia
@GBpak
@AsiaSociety
@MiddleAsia1
@DiamerChilas
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Lockdown be stressful for those who are not coming up with goals or challenges in their lives with positiveness . Let me introduce you with a young heart and beautiful eagle eyes.
Bibi amina .She is 95 year-old and she is from Rahimabad, Gilgit Baltistan.
@gilmour_wendy
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Karimabad, Altit Fort, door of the mosque with Buddhist swastika.
#GilgitBaltistan
#SilkRoad
#art
#Hunza
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Between India and Chinese Turkistan, in the Karakoram massif, Between Gilgit and the Mintaka Pass, on the slopes of a valley encircled by peaks of more than 6, 000 meters, Baltit, capital of the principality of Hunza and its castle.
Circa 1926
#GilgitBaltistan
#History
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The Deosai National Park is a treeless wilderness at 4114 meters lying south of Satpara in Skardu, in the Gilgit-Baltistan province of Pakistan. The plateau, located between the western massif of the Himalayas and the central Karakoram, is the second highest in the world
@GBpak
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" The heart suffers
when it cannot see and touch beauty,
but beauty is not shy
it is synonymous with existence. "
~
#Hafez
#Fairy_Meadows
The stunning place Fairy meadow is present in the heart of colorful Gilgit Baltistan and located at the base of Nanga Parbat,
@GBpak
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The Mintaka Pass or Mingteke Pass[1] or Mintika Pass[2](Chinese: 明铁盖达坂[3]) is a mountain pass in the Karakorum Mountains, between Pakistan and Xinjiang in China. In ancient times, the Mintaka Pass and the nearby Kilik Pass, 30 km (19 mi) to the west,
@PakistanNature
@GBpak
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Mountain landscape view from Tawous Yasin valley , Ghizar District Gilgit Baltistan, Silk Road.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#SilkRoad
#YasinValley
#GhizerDist
@GBpak
@Gilgittheheaven
@PakistanNature
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Karakaroam Highway along the river Indus Bunji , Gilgit Baltistan.
#GilgitBaltistan
#RiverIndus
#HighAsia
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AFGHANISTAN - wakhan Corridor
An adventure on horseback in Afghanistan, along the old caravan route to China, already traveled by Marco Polo.
From Ishkashim on the Tajik border through the Wakhan corridor up to the Little Pamir, the Roof of the World.
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This is a historic 135 years old picture which shows the view from Jutial in Gilgit. The caption of this picture says: “Mouth of the Hunza River from Jutial / Peasant women cleaning cotton”. This image was taken by ‘The Gilgit Mission’ of 1885-86.
📷 Royal Geographical Society
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More than a hundred-year-old mosque at the edge of Karakoram Highway (KKH) in Gircha, Gojal (Hunza). Three to four people can offer prayers at a time in this mosque. It has been built on a slightly raised platform in the traditional style of architecture.
#GilgitBaltistan
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INDUS RIVER: دریاۓ سندھ
It is one of the largest river basins of the world, covering an area of 11,65,000 sq. km. The Indus also known as the Sindhu, is the westernmost of the Himalayan river. It originates from a glacier near Bokhar Chu (31°15' N latitude and 81°40' E longitude)
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Bowls and cakes of kurut (Qurut) are spread out to dry. The product is made by boiling yak milk for hours over a low fire until it’s reduced to a paste, forming it in containers or shaping it by hand into cakes, then drying it in the sun. Once hardened, the dry cakes can
@GBpak
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River Indus flowing from left to right with sand dunes , Skardu city with Kharpoche fort on a mount and Sadpara lake ( blue spot )
Far on horizon one can also watch Mount Haramukh near Srinagar in Kashmir valley.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Silkroad
#Skardu
#IndusRiver
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Aerial view of the Indus River from Islamabad to Skardu flight. The river of Gold.
📸 Q. Wazeer
#gilgitbaltistan
#Indus
#GoldenRiver
#Karakoram
#Himalayas
#Hindukush
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Over a thousand years old Altit Fort and surrounding settlements, in Altit, Hunza, Gilgit Baltistan, Silk Road.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#silkroad
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Khapulo, Baltistan
Khapulo was once a part of Tibbeten Empire, you can still see Tibbeten influence in the area, in shape of architecture, landscape, traditions, features of people, language and so many. Still the area is called LITTLE TIBBET because of its proximity to Tibbet.
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An aerial view of Skardu,Gilgit Baltistan takes breath away.
The snow-covered Skardu airport owns the most longest runway in Pakistan.
📷 Rightful owner
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Skardu
@Pakistaninpics
@PakistanNature
@Tourism_In_PK
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Afghanistan, Little Pamir. Kyrgyz people . - photo. Silvia Alessi
Afghan Wakhan – a piece of land between the Pamir and Hindukush ranges, surrounded by highest snowcapped peaks with spectacular landscapes and breathtaking views of green pastures.
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Katpana Cold Desert Skardu , Gilgit Baltistan.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#Mountain
#Desert
#Snow
❄️
#Skardu
⛰ 🏜️
@Gilgittheheaven
@alinashigri
@GBpak
@Skardu_GB
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Sunset 🌅 in Hunza, Gilgit-Baltistan, Silk Road.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#silkroad
#Karakurom
⛰
#Himalayas
⛰
#HinduKush
⛰
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There is no chance to hear these voices on the Pakistani national media.
It should be remembered that if the demands are not resolved, it has been announced to march toward Gilgit on January 10.
#GBstrike
#gbtaxissue
#darna
#GilgitBaltistan
#Skardu
#TheNorthRemembers
#GBstrike
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The Pamir Knot !!
It takes its name from the mountains on which it is centered ,the Pamir. The knot refers to the convergence of some of the worlds major mountain ranges , including TIAN SHAN ( radiates in Pamir & proceed to Kyrgyzstan ) ,
#Pamir
#Karakarom
#Himalayas
⛰️⛰️⛰️⛰️
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A photograph of foreign tourists taken in Hunza by Jonathan Blair; it was published in National Geographic magazine’s March 1994 edition in an article titled “High Road to Hunza”. It noted that nearly 40,000 foreign tourists visited Hunza in 1991.
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
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“The soul never thinks without a picture.”
―Aristotle
#GilgitBaltistan
#HighAsia
#silkroad
#spring
#BlossomArrivals
#Pakistan
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Bird Hunters, Indus River - Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan -
📷: Randy Olson
A bird hunter unties his decoy live heron from hoops that he has constructed in the Indus River. The bird is a decoy today, but may be dinner later in the week.
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#Karakorams
the highest Mountains range of Pakistan.
The Karakoram, with its named derived from the Turkic word "Kara' meaning Black and "Koram" meaning Gravel. These impenetrable Mountains were seen as citadels and Towers of black gravel by the Central Asians and hence the name.
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Baltistan, raft on the Shyok / photo 1974
Ethnology / Balti (ethnic group in Baltistan in the Karakoram.
On the Shoyk (tributary of the Indus) in the Khaplu / Khapalu Valley section in Baltistan: Balti in a raft made of inflated goat bellows when crossing the Shyok.
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Beautiful view of Gilgit airport Four aircraft are rarely seen at the same time, but when this photo was taken, there were 5 planes at the airport. Fifth plane is not visible in the picture.
📷 Yasser Iqbal
#GilgitBaltistan
#GilgitAirport
@Official_PIA
@alinashigri
@Razarumi
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Gilgit Sutras:
In 1931 around 3,000 folios of scripture copied on brick bark were found in Napura , Gilgit. These manuscripts are said to be around 1400 years old and are among the oldest Buddhist manuscripts. The manuscripts are known as Gilgit Lotus Sutras.
#GilgitBaltistan
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Gilgit-Baltistan witnessed historic protests across all the districts. For the last thirty days, people of Gilgit-Baltistan have been protesting against wheat subsidy and violation of basic human rights in a disputed region, while there is no news on Pakistan national media.
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Today is world mountains day !
Gilgit Baltistan is " the Hub of South and Central Asia " and roof of the world . watch K-2 , Nanga Parbat , Rakaposhi , Bilchar Dubani ( which are above 8,000 meter high ) located in GB.
@UMountaineer
@DesiMountaineer
@EhsanMKhan
@ShirazHassan
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The Great Trigonometrical Survey of
#Himalayas
&
#Karakorum
(1802 - 1871)
The Great Trigonometrical Survey was a project carried out by the Survey of India throughout most of the 19th century. It was piloted in its initial stages by William Lambton, and later by George Everest.
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