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... centuries . The Kushans fell to the Sassanians in the 4th century , and Taxila was destroyed by the Hephthalites or White Huns in the 5th century . But pilgrims continued to travel overland to Gandhara and India , providing the only ...
... centuries . The Kushans fell to the Sassanians in the 4th century , and Taxila was destroyed by the Hephthalites or White Huns in the 5th century . But pilgrims continued to travel overland to Gandhara and India , providing the only ...
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... centuries . The earliest appearance of Islam in Turkestan was under the Qarakhan . In the early 13th century the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan controlled central Asia , and his successors began raiding south into the subcontinent . With ...
... centuries . The earliest appearance of Islam in Turkestan was under the Qarakhan . In the early 13th century the Mongol armies of Genghis Khan controlled central Asia , and his successors began raiding south into the subcontinent . With ...
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... centuries . In the 8th century a Tang Chinese army occupied Chitral and the Gilgit Valley for three years before the Tibetans drove them out . According to the Dainyor stone , local rulers in turn expelled the Tibetans . By the 10th century ...
... centuries . In the 8th century a Tang Chinese army occupied Chitral and the Gilgit Valley for three years before the Tibetans drove them out . According to the Dainyor stone , local rulers in turn expelled the Tibetans . By the 10th century ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 7 |
FACTS FOR THE VISITOR Visas Permits Regulations 28 Embassies 31 Customs | 28 |
GETTING THERE Kashgar 50 To Kashgar 50 From Kashgar 51 Islamabad 52 | 52 |
Copyright | |
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Aabpara Abbottabad Aga Khan Babusar Balakot Baltit Baltit Fort Bank Rd Batura Besham bridge bus stand buses cafes canyon Centre century Chalt Chaprot Chilas China Chinese Chowk Cinema climb crosses east foreigners Ganesh Gilgit Glacier Gojal Gulmit Havelian highway hire Hong Kong Hospital Hunza River India Islamabad Ismaili Jamat Khana jeep road Kaghan Valley Karakoram Karimabad Kashgar Kashmir Kashmir Rd Khunjerab Pass Kohistan Mansehra Market metres Mosque mountain Murree Murree Rd Muslim Nagar Nala Nanga Parbat NAPWD Rest House Naran NATCO Northern Areas Pakistan Pamir passenger Suzuki Passu Pattan Peak Pir Wadhai Pirali Places to Stay police PTDC Rajah Bazaar Rakaposhi Rawalpindi Saddar Saddar Bazaar Shia shops side Sikh Silk Road singles/doubles Skardu summer Sust Swat Tashkurghan Taxila There's ticket Tourist town travellers treks trip Urdu Urumqi Uyghur village visa wagon walk Xinjiang