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GILGIT - LoveToKnow Article on GILGIT (2571 words) |
 | Gilgit is also the headquarters of a British political agent, who exercises some supervision over the wazir, and is directly responsible to the government of India for the administration of the outlying districts or petty states of Hunza, Nagar, Ashkuman, Yasin and Ghizar, the little republic of Chilas, andc. |
| The Dard, however, is unknown beyond the limits of the Kohistan district of the Indus valley to the south of the Hindu Koh, the rest of the inhabitants of the Indus valley belonging to Shin republics, or Chilas. |
| Gilgit StationThe pretty little station of Gilgit (4890 ft. above sea) spreads itself in terraces above the right bank of the river nearly opposite the opening leading to Hunza, almost nestling under the cliffs of the Hindu Koh, which separates it on the south from the savage mountain wilderness of Darel and Kohistan. |
| Gilgit River, Ladakh Gilgit River Tours, Rafting in Gilgit River, Ladakh Himalaya Rivers, Jammu Kashmir (660 words) |
| The Gilgit River is an important tributary of the Indus River in the Ladakh area of Jammu and Kashmir. |
| The river descends along a steep gradient in its upper and middle courses, while its speed is reduced near the confluence with the Gilgit River and the valley becomes wider. |
| The valley of the Shimshal River is U-shaped. |
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