Tolti Kharmang

Tolti (Urdu: and Balti: طولتی) is a city that serves as the administrative capital of Kharmang District, Gilgit Baltistan. It means "Little Tibet".[1] The village lies on the left bank of the Indus, and is approximately 35 km south-east of the confluence of the Indus from the Shayok. It is today by a well-paved road that runs along the left bank of the Indus slightly from Skardu to reach out.

Tolti

طولتی
Tolti
Location in Pakistan
Tolti
Tolti (Pakistan)
Coordinates: 35°10′N 76°20′E
Country Pakistan
Autonomous territory Gilgit Baltistan
Baltistan divisionKharmang
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)
  Summer (DST)UTC+6 (GMT+6)

History

Tolti before 1840 belonged to the dominion of Kartaksho , one of the six small kingdoms Baltistan, but was ruled as a function of Karthaksho over longer time periods of one raja own family. Shortly after Tolti starts today a southern exclusion zone, so that from here onward travel after the Kharmang a few kilometers away.\

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References

  1. "Kharmang now GB district". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24.


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