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Thalpan, located opposite to the Chilas town, bears the most abundant collection of rock-art in
Pakistan â the Pakistan-German Archaeological Mission has published about them in six dedicated volumes and traced them to Greco-Buddhist antiquity. Buddhist Stupas and anthropomorphic Buddhas remain the
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The region was brought under the control of the
Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir in 1851, and an agent of the Kashmir durbar was stationed there. In 1893, Chilas was taken over by the British-run
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Contextualization of a Possible Buddhist Monastic Complex at Thalpan, District Diamer, Gilgit-Baltistan Province, Pakistan".
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Thalpan to be the "Talilo" of Chinese sources; however, in absence of excavations, such claims remain in the realm of speculations.
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114:Headquarters
1592: /
1499:Baltit Fort
1494:Skardu Fort
1489:Shigar Fort
1453:Hushe River
1443:Shyok River
1169:Stak Valley
1098:Hispar Pass
1083:Darkot Pass
1073:Burzil Pass
934:Gupis-Yasin
668:Chohan 1997
656:Chohan 1997
644:Chohan 1997
402:Babusar Gah
368:Before the
301:British Raj
299:During the
1607:Categories
1540:Kargil War
1277:Hassanabad
1232:Jalaalabad
1093:Hayal Pass
714:(1): 122,
563:2022-05-16
547:1887/83304
468:References
190:Number of
177:Population
124:Government
1282:Karimabad
1040:Capital:
874:Baltistan
761:2199-7942
728:159652497
212:ضÙع دÛاÙ
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83:Territory
27:ضÙع دÛاÙ
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1513:See also
1257:Chalunka
1217:Kharmang
1154:Kharmang
1068:Burji La
897:Kharmang
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420:See also
398:Gittidas
344:and the
336:Pakistan
251:and the
235:and the
225:Pakistan
103:Division
76:Pakistan
1297:Kharfak
1267:Ghawari
1237:Balghar
1174:Galtari
1112:Valleys
882:Ghanche
785:19 June
380:to the
378:Balakot
314:ShiltÄs
271:History
192:tehsils
185:214,000
64:Country
1530:Ladakh
1312:Yugupa
1302:Korphe
1227:Danyor
1212:Khaplu
1207:Shigar
1202:Skardu
1197:Gilgit
1051:Passes
1043:Gilgit
1033:topics
982:Tangir
972:Diamer
967:Astore
959:Diamer
939:Gilgit
929:Ghizer
921:Gilgit
902:Roundu
892:Shigar
887:Skardu
866:Gilgit
814:
759:
726:
690:
628:
586:
554:
406:Chilas
396:, and
386:Kaghan
374:Gilgit
305:Chilas
237:Gilgit
233:Tangir
229:Chilas
118:Chilas
93:
73:
1448:Indus
1272:Haldi
1247:Jutal
1242:Tolti
977:Darel
949:Nagar
944:Hunza
724:S2CID
448:Notes
410:Besal
394:Besal
390:Naran
384:(via
350:jirga
330:jirga
1191:list
812:ISBN
787:2019
757:ISSN
688:ISBN
626:ISBN
584:ISBN
552:ISBN
326:Raja
207:Urdu
164:Area
716:doi
542:hdl
532:doi
481:R79
404:to
255:of
159:N/A
151:N/A
143:N/A
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722:,
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