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Chillas
Serving as the historic gateway to Gilgit-Baltistan, Chilas is a vital transit city strategically positioned along the rugged banks of the Indus River. Sitting at an elevation of 1,200 meters along the Karakoram Highway, it acts as an indispensable rest stop that bridges the lush valleys of the south with the high-mountain deserts of the north. It is globally renowned among historians as one of the world's richest rock-art regions, preserving tens of thousands of ancient Buddhist petroglyphs and prehistoric carvings.
About Chillas
Serving as the historic gateway to Gilgit-Baltistan, Chilas is a vital transit city strategically positioned along the rugged banks of the Indus River. Sitting at an elevation of 1,200 meters along the Karakoram Highway, it acts as an indispensable rest stop that bridges the lush valleys of the south with the high-mountain deserts of the north. It is globally renowned among historians as one of the world's richest rock-art regions, preserving tens of thousands of ancient Buddhist petroglyphs and prehistoric carvings.
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all year
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