Gilgit

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Gilgit est une région du nord du Pakistan, à la frontière du Xinjiang chinois. Elle a une superficie de 38 021 km². C'est une région montagneuse, aux pieds du Karakoram, à une altitude moyenne de 1 500 m. L'Indus qui traverse la région voisine du Baltistan est alimenté par la rivière éponyme.

thumb|A Dance at Gilgit by G. W. Leitner, 1893

[modifier] Références (en anglais)

• "The Gilgit Game" by John Keay (1985) ISBN 0195774663
• Drew, Frederic. Date unknown. The Northern Barrier of India: a popular account of the Jammoo and Kashmir Territories with Illustrations. Reprint: Light & Life Publishers, Jammu. 1971.
• Jettmar, Karl, 1980. Bolor & Dardistan. National Institute of Folk Heritage, Islamabad.
• Knight, E. F. 1893. Where Three Empires Meet: A Narrative of Recent Travel in: Kashmir, Western Tibet, Gilgit, and the adjoining countries. Longmans, Green, and Co., London. Reprint: Ch'eng Wen Publishing Company, Taipei. 1971.
• Leitner, G. W. 1893. Dardistan in 1866, 1886 and 1893: Being An Account of the History, Religions, Customs, Legends, Fables and Songs of Gilgit, Chilas, Kandia (Gabrial) Yasin, Chitral, Hunza, Nagyr and other parts of the Hindukush, as also a supplement to the second edition of The Hunza and Nagyr Handbook. And An Epitome of Part III of the author's “The Languages and Races of Dardistan. First Reprint 1978. Manjusri Publishing House, New Delhi.
• Muhammad, Gulam. 1980. Festivals and Folklore of Gilgit. National Institute of Folk Heritage, Islamabad.an things are going fine

[modifier] Liens externes

(en)

• The Changing Northern Areas
• Pakistan's Northern Areas dilemma
• Northern Areas Development Gateway
• Pakistan's Northern Areas
• Northern Pakistan's Karakoram & Hindukush Mountains
• The Mountain Areas Conservancy Project
• Gilgit Map
• Silk Road Seattle (The Silk Road Seattle website contains many useful resources including a number of full-text historical works)