Entries tagged with 'Alexander'
Friday, April 20th, 2007
The Salt Range derives its name from extensive deposits of rock salt. It stands as significant re…
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Tagged: Alexander, Arabian Sea, Babylon, Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, Greece, Jalalpur, Jhelum, Karachi, King Porus, Mishri Mor, Mong, Murghabi, Pind Dadan Khan, Rasul Barrage, River Chenab, River Jhelum, Salman Rashid, Salt Range, Taxila, Urial
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007
Some ancient places that may not have stood the ravages of times but they still define our histor…
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Tagged: Alexander, Asoka, Buner, Charsadda, Gailey Kandao, gandhara, Hieun Tsang, Hund, Kaniskha, Karamar, Mardan, Mehmood Ghaznavi, NWFP, Peshawar, Po Lo Sha, Prince Wessentara, Pushto, Sakhi Shahbaz Qalandar, Shahbaz Ghari, Swabi, Varshapura
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007
From earliest times, the stoic, heroic inhabitants of Hunza Valley (Hunzakuts) sandwiched between…
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Tagged: Alexander, Brushuski, Gilgit, Hindu Kush, Hunza, Karakoram, Kashgar, Pakistan, Russia, Shangri la
Friday, January 5th, 2007
Chaniot - the name is enough to start the furniture lovers, travelers and cautiously curious drea…
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Tagged: Alberuni, Alexander, Chaniot, Chenab, Furniture, Hiuen Tsiang, Lahore, Mughals, Sandal Bar, Shah Jehan
Thursday, November 30th, 2006
Perched in between legendary Suleman Range on one side and mighty River Indus on the other, ruins…
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Tagged: Alexander, Chachar Pass, Harand Fort, Nizami, Nowshaba, Rajan Pur, Sikandar Nama, Suleman Range
Tuesday, November 14th, 2006
The historic Derawar Fort, enormous and impressive structure in the heart of Cholistan desert, is…
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Tagged: Abbasi, Alexander, Bahawalpur, Cholistan, Deoraj, Derawar, Hakra River, Harappa, Jaisalmir, Katran, Kirla, Pakistan, Shikarpur
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
Proceed along the coast from Karachi and then turned north to Bela, an ancient town in a historic…
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Tagged: Aghan, Alexander, Arabian Sea, Baloch, Balochistan, Bela, Brahvi, Hindu, Hub, Karachi, Khoja, Lasbela, Lasi, Muhammad Bin Haroon, Muhammad Bin Qasim, Robert Sandeman