The Gilgit Baltistan
Pakistan
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History Of Gilgit Baltistan
GB’S had a long and turbulent history
despite the remoteness of the
regions ,the people of the GB’S have
never been completely isolated from the
events taking place in Central Asia, India,
Persia or china.
PRE-HISTORY
the earliest people of GB’S can be traced
back to approximately the 5 millennium
B.C it is believed they practiced a religion
based on the worship of mountains
Cont……
The megalith builders
• Next group of peoples megalith buliders
• These newcomers from swat and chitral.
• Introduced pit burial and the art of
buliding huge megaliths.
• They used a variety of metals
( cooper, bronze, iron, gold and , silver.)
• Developed irrigated terrace, and also
kept horses and cattle's.
Cont….
• The Kushans
• The Post-kushan Period
• The Huns
• Worries tribes from central Asia
• The period goes 6th century Rules with help of
local rajas.
• Medieval to Modern Times.
• As the power of the huns declined, the local
rajas became independent. from 612 to 712
A.D. then controls patolas then came in hands
of Turks
Cont…..
• The Kashmir Crisis
1947 independence of sub-continent
• The Karakoram Highway
• (1968-1978)
Background of Gilgit
Baltistan
Location
Total area 72496 sq Km.
Total forest area is 281600ha.
65000ha is protected forest & 21700ha are Reserve
forest.
Districts of G B
Gilgit,Diamer, Baltistan, Ghanche, Ghizar,
Astore & Hunza Nagar.
Topography
• The GB is dominated by one of the
most mountainous ranges on earth
which are,
• Hindu Kush
• Himalaya
• Karakorum
• Transition zone between South and
Central Asia
• Confluence of 3 mountain ranges (all
Peaks of GB
• In GB 101 Peaks are found 7000m
above the sea level
• Highest concentration of mountains
over 20000 ft (6000m) in the world
• Most famous are:
•K2 (8611m) highest peak in Pakistan
•Nanga Parbat (8138m) 2 highestnd
•Gasherbrum 1G to 5G (8080m) 3 highest
rd
•Rakaposhi (7788m) 12 highest with highest rise in
th
the world (6000m in 6 km)
Glaciers of GB’S
• Highest concentration of glaciers outside the
poles (22000 Sq Km) known as
The Third Pole
• 28% of total are is glaciated (17% in Alps), over
5100 glaciers.
• More than 100 glaciers over 10Km in length,
any over 50km. Famous glaciers are
Biafo
Baltoro
Hiper
Raikot
Siachen (72 km long)
Saltur
Fresh Water sources
• In GB there are numbers of lakes (119)
and wetlands
• Famous rivers are
•Gilgit river
•Hunza river
•Ghizer river
•Skaradu river
•Astore river
Education In GB, the light of
hope.
Education rate area wise
Shandur polo
ground
Shandur polo ground
RANGE LAND 22% OF GB’S
2 million livestock grazing
Brown bear at Doesai
230 sps of birds
54 sps mammals
20 sps fisheries
23 sps reptiles
6 sps of amphibian
Sheosar lake with an
environmentalist
Solid waste assessment at lake
4 national parks
3 wildlife sanctuaries
9 game reserves 26% of NA’S
Bara pani Doesai national
park
119 lake
Five ecological zones
Alpine areas
Permanent snowfields
Alpine meadows
Alpine scrub
Sub alpine scrub
The Wild World OF GB
• Consist of several types of animal and
herbs . That includes mountain Ibex ,
chakor and ram chakor , snow leopard
brown bear etc found in various regions
of GB.
• Some herbs that include tumuro(a type
of tea), sea buckthorn, ishkeen etc are
used to cure several types of diseases .
