The Black Mountain (Tor Ghar) Tribes
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 101 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5145-5419-5
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The original name of the Black Mountain is Tor Ghar, which is a Pushto word which means Tor (Black) Ghar (Mountain). In the local majority Hindko dialect of Hazara division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, where this enclave is located, it is also termed as 'Kala Dhaka', which means the same as its Pushto name. Tor Ghar lies to the east of the Indus river from Thakot to Darband. The total length of this mountain is about twenty five to thirty miles and its average height about 8000 feet above sea level. It ascends from the Indus basin at its southern end near the village of Kiara and goes up to its watershed near the village Baradar; then it runs north-east by north to the point on the crest known as Chitabat. From here the range runs due north, finally descending to the Indus by two large spurs, at the foot of the easternmost of which lies Thakot. The Indus, after passing Thakot, runs westward along the northern foot of the...
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