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Pakistan
occupies the north- western side of the Indian sub- continent, sharing
borders with India (East) China (North) Afghanistan (West) and Iran
(South –West) although it came into existence in 1947 it lies in a
region rich in history, cultural heritage and immensely varied
topography.Through it flows the mighty Indus on the banks of which
once flourished the Indus valley civilization (contemporary of the
Egyptian and Mesopotamian civilizations.)
Within it is a part of the great Indian Thal (desert) home to only
surviving wild assess in the world and contains stone age sites and
some of the most revered sites of Hinduism and offering to the
traveler a look at a culture which is as old as humanity.
Pakistan inherits the area known as Ghandahara, which was the center
of Mahayana Buddhism, with it’s capital at Taxila (near modern
Islamabad) and sites dotted all over the province of North West
Frontier.
The salt range, in the province of Punjab, also termed as a geological
museum, has fossils remains of Dinosaurs, salt mines in operation
before the arrival of Alexander the Great, (and still productive) the
Temple at Katas, one of the revered site of Hinduism and is the area
from which the Rajputs (Royal families of Rajasthan, India) claim to
be their point of origin.
In north Pakistan are the greatest mountain ranges of the world, the
Himalayas, the Karakorams and the Pamirs, geologically speaking it is
the youngest area of the Indian Sub-continent and echoes of it’s
creation can still be felt in the region
These mountain ranges contain some of the world’s highest peaks, K-2
(mount Godwin The second highest), Gasherbrum-1, Gasherbrum-2, Broad
Peak and Nanga Parbat (all above 8000 meters) and some of world’s
biggest glaciers, Beifo, Batura and Ghondoghrla.
The region offers the traveler incredible scenic beauty, unique
eco-systems, communities, like the Kafirs of Chitral, Languages, like
Brushaski (spoken nearly all over the region), which is not related to
any living language of the world.
All major cities of Pakistan, Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad are
accessible, by air, from most major cities of the world and within the
country there exists a excellent network of
roads and railways
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