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Encyclopedia Britannica



CHILAS

This article appears in Volume V06, Page 134 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: CHA-CHR
CHILAS , a hill
village
  in the
North
 -West Frontier Province of
India
 . It is dominated by a fort on the left bank of the Indus, about 5o M. below Bunji, 4100 ft. above sea-level. It was occupied by a British force early in 1893, when a determined attack was made on the
place
  by the Kohistanis from the Indus valley districts to the
south
 -west, aided by contingents from Darel and Tangir west of Gilgit and
north
  of the Indus. Its importance consists in its position with reference to the Kashmir-Gilgit route via
Astor
 , which it flanks. It is now connected with Bunji by a metalled road. Chilas is also important from its command of a much shorter and more
direct
  route to Gilgit from the Punjab frontier than that of Kashmir and the Burzil pass. By the Kashmir route Gilgit is 400 M. from the
rail
 -head at
Rawalpindi
 . The Kagan route would bring it 100 in. nearer, but the unsettled
condition
  of the country through which the road passes has been a bar to its general use.


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