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... Swat valley which lies in the outer mountains to the south - west . Both Darel and Swat at that time contained im- portant Buddhist relics and monasteries . From Swat Fa - hsien journeyed on through India to Sri Lanka and then to Java ...
... Swat valley which lies in the outer mountains to the south - west . Both Darel and Swat at that time contained im- portant Buddhist relics and monasteries . From Swat Fa - hsien journeyed on through India to Sri Lanka and then to Java ...
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... Swat , which was rapidly evolving from Pathan tribal organization into a new centralized state . In 1922 the ruler of Swat , having consolidated his control over the lower parts of the valley , invaded the acephalous state of Torwal ...
... Swat , which was rapidly evolving from Pathan tribal organization into a new centralized state . In 1922 the ruler of Swat , having consolidated his control over the lower parts of the valley , invaded the acephalous state of Torwal ...
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... Swat Kohistan : an Ethnographic Survey , Oslo , 1956a . Barth , Fredrik , ' Ecologic Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat , North Pakistan ' , American Anthropologist , LVIII , No. 6 ( 1956b ) , pp . 1079-89 . Biddulph , J. , Tribes ...
... Swat Kohistan : an Ethnographic Survey , Oslo , 1956a . Barth , Fredrik , ' Ecologic Relationships of Ethnic Groups in Swat , North Pakistan ' , American Anthropologist , LVIII , No. 6 ( 1956b ) , pp . 1079-89 . Biddulph , J. , Tribes ...
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Prologue | 1 |
The Mountains | 10 |
A Difficult Precipitous and Dangerous Road | 25 |
Copyright | |
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