داردستا ن ۔۔ بلند گھاٹیوں کے لوگ (حصہ اول)

Dardistan: Myth & Reality-II

(تحریر: عمران آزاد ( گمنام کوہستان


Gawri hunter in Matiltan, Upper Swat, Pakistan, 1952. Photographer: Wilfred Thesiger….. kafiristan archives


“” The predecessors of the Gawri-speaking people are perhaps the same as the Gauraioi (Gawri),who inhabited the lower, more fertile parts of Dir from as early as the days of Panini andAlexander the Great, as mentioned above. In the 11th century AD, the area was conquered byAfghan troops under Mahmood of Ghazni and the original population was forced to flee to theremote, mountainous parts of the Panjkora valley. Local traditions confirm that from there,groups of Gawri settlers passed over across the mountain passes into the Utrot, Kalam, and Ushu valleys in what is now district Swat, while others stayed in the upper Panjkora valley. ( Joan L.G. Baart and Muhammad Zaman Sagar:THE GAWRI LANGUAGE OF KALAM AND DIR KOHISTAN:3).

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