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Shimshal Valley

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  Shimshal is nestled deep in   Hunza Valley , sharing a border with China’s Xinjiang region. It is a beautiful mountainous village located in Gojal, and the highest settelment in Hunza-Nagar District, in Gilgit-Baltistan. It lies at an altitude of 3,200m above sea level. The total area of this valley is approximately 3,800 km 2 It is the largest village of Hunza valley. Its mighty mountains, gigantic passes, amazing glaciers, fertile landscape, and lush green fields are comparable to none. The largest herds of yaks, sheep and goats in its vast pasture lands; Shimshaal Pamir, Gujerav, Yazghail and Loopghar are a major fascination for tourists. The beautiful Shimshaal Pamir lake attracts many tourists toward it. The Lok Versa Museum of Shim-shal has some rare antiques, artifacts, musical instruments, and daily life items made from wood show cases the creativity and rich history of local community. Don’t miss visiting this heritage museum whenever...

Mohenjo daro pakistan

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  Mohenjo-daro – meaning ‘Mound of the Dead Men’ – is an incredible archaeological site in Sindh, Pakistan. Built around 2,500 BC, this site was one of the largest settlements of the ancient Indus Valley Civilisation and one of the world’s greatest early cities. Mohenjo-daro is believed to originally have been known as ‘the city of the cockerel’, found inscribed on an Indus seal. Built in the 26th century BC, Mohenjo-daro was one of the Harappan Civilisation’s largest cities. This culture spanned much of what is now north India and Pakistan, reaching westwards to Iran. At its height, the city was the most advanced of its time, with remarkable and sophisticated civil engineering and urban planning. Yet as the Indus civilisation went into rapid decline around 1,900 BC, Mohenjo-daro was abandoned. Undocumented for 3,700 years, the site was ‘rediscovered’ in 1919 when archaeologist R. D. Banerji found what he thought was a Buddhist stupa. Instead, what he had found were the remains of ...

lahore museum

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  Lahore Museum encompasses the history of many eras including the Sikh, British and Mughal. The structure of Lahore Museum is blended with the conventional old Mughal architectural style and fine British touch which makes it one fine piece of architecture in the city. Many historians believe that if people are unaware of the history of their country then they are like a tree without its roots. Lahore is the most culturally and historically rich city of Pakistan. The city of Lahore is the pinnacle of the rich and elaborate Mughal History but that’s the not the only accomplishment of this city. The red brick building standing tall on the Shahrahe-e-Quaid-Azam previously known as the Mall road  right next to the famous National College of Arts. The extensive collection of historical relics in the Lahore Museum makes it one of the most highly visited and regarded museums of the country. This is the home for the largest collection of artistic, historical and cultural objects in th...

hunza valley pakistan

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  ''' Hunza was formerly a princely state bordering Xinjiang (autonomous region of China ) to the northeast and Pamir to the northwest, which survived until 1974, when it was finally dissolved by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto . The state bordered the Gilgit Agency to the south and the former princely state of Nagar to the east. The state capital was the town of Baltit (also known as Karimabad ); another old settlement is Ganish Village which means "Baba Ganesh (A buddhiest name [6] )" village. Hunza was an independent principality for more than 900 years and then In early 1800s hunza played a vital role in {British great game} and than in 1891 hunza was captured by British empire and then the ruler of hunza Mir safdar ali khan fled to kashger china and then british army installed Mir's brother mir nazim khan[1892-1938] as a dummy ruler of hunza valley to show people of hunza as there king but all orders were passed by British officers who were appointed in capita...