Punial Valley
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| Punial Valley |
The valley of Punial is situated in Ghizer District in the Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, where hundreds of thousands of tourists visit annually. Punial is a mountainous valley situated at an elevation of about 5000–9000 feet. It has pleasant weather and a hospitable populace. The territory of Punial has an area of about 35,900 km².
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| Gahkuch Fort |
History:
The word “Punial” is from the Shina language. It has two meanings: “fertile land” and “bucket of fruits”. Punial is related to neighbour areas of Gilgit city. The first civilization of Gilgit-Baltistan is Brushal. Punial was main part of Brushal. Puniali people belonged to Arian “Mazdaism” , after brushal when Shina language penetrated in the area. The area were Hindus in Punial. After Dardistan a great civilization namely Bolor established in Gilgit Baltistan. The whole population of Punial became Buddhist. Before recent past occupation of Punially rajas there were tribal heads system. Some rulers ruled on Punial like shout and other tribal heads of different tribes. Before 150-200 year ago Brush family from Chitral established their ruled on Punial and Punial become separate independent state. First raja of brush family was sifat Bahadur his capital was Gahkuch. Punial covered area from Biyarchi to Hoper and up to Birgal.
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| Kilao |
Punial Valley is also famous for its traditional foods knows as Diram Tiki, Sharbat, Shapik, Golai, Diram, Dishaow and most famous Kilao.
Gulapur, Sher Qillah, Dalnat, Hamuchal, Gohar Abad, japukay, Gitch, Dass Japukay, Singul, Thingdass, Gulmuti, Buber, Gurunjur, Gahkuch bala, Gahkuch pine, Silpi, Damas, Ayshi, Golo Dass, Hatoon, Hasis, Haim, Birgal, Famani and Hopper
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