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Oldest Aryan Village in the World


Oldest Aryan Village in the World
Photo Information
Copyright: Muzz Yasin (muzz) Silver Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 28 W: 4 N: 62] (250)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-09-26
Categories: Daily Life, Nature, Architecture
Photo Version: Original Version, Workshop
Date Submitted: 2006-11-07 6:53
Viewed: 950
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Inhabitants of this village are of Dard descent, an Indo-Aryan race believed to have originally migrated to Ladakh from Central Asia. They speak Shina, an Indo-Aryan language.

The Dards are various ethnic groups living in Afghanistan, Pakistan and a few scattered villages in a remote region of Gurez, Tilel Valley and Drass, itself a remote region of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir. The term Dard is due to Herodotus who described a land of the Dardikae in the Hindukush.

You need to take written permissions from civil authorities in advance to reach this place as this place falls very close to LOC between India and Pakistan.

For 6 months every year beginning November, this valley is cut off from the rest of Kashmir and India. People survive on their own meager harvest. And there is no way except Helicopter one can come out of this place which also depends upon weather conditions.

I have shared another picture “Young Ancient Aryans Chilling out”
http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/India/photo506475.htm
limule, chanjits, Mondaychild, behcet, rajju, dospordostres, langaloo, pinakie_slg, arturo, faganrodney, Mawa has marked this note useful
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ThreadThread Starter Messages Updated
To Mawa: yeah its had to live in their.muzz 1 03-10 11:27
To mahmood: Tilal Valleyyrazdan 2 12-12 14:28
To behcet: Thanks for the Workshopmuzz 1 11-07 08:09
To Mondaychild: Its simply amazing..muzz 1 11-07 07:43
To chanjits: Yeah i know some of them now ..muzz 1 11-07 07:17
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Nice shot dear your, note is very informative, I had been to Ladakh but I could not visit the old Aryan village, I have heard lots about that. Have you heard about any such village in Ladakh region?

Hi Muzz,

very interesting photo ... and a very informative note ... it´s interesting to see how the houses of these people are built. Perhaps you could also post a photo from the inside of one house.
How many people live in this village?

A very interesting subject and your note is also informative. I have made a workshop, hope you will like it and thanks for sharing such an interesting picture.
My best regards,
Behcet

So we Europeans come fromthere, originally?
It's a long way. Nice composition and interesting subject.

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  • limule Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 236 W: 16 N: 276] (2187)
  • [2006-11-07 15:05]

very nice shot and very nice note. No doubt, all of us we are the sam if Aryan were born here. Nice tribute against racism , non ?

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  • arturo Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 345 W: 57 N: 210] (1733)
  • [2006-11-07 15:16]

Hi Muzz,

tough place to live...appears very humid...the wind must be dancing among those houses...can't complain about your post...i really enjoy this close up of the village...cheers, arturo

the place is known as gugran and is 45 km from dawar gurez further ahead is chekwali the last village of the tilal valley i have been to the place for last 3 consective yrs

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  • Mawa Silver Star Critiquer/Silver Note Writer [C: 11 W: 0 N: 23] (114)
  • [2007-03-10 11:06]
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Hi Muzz,

Thank you for sharing this photo with us.
It must be very hard living there.
Are those houses safe to live in?

Hi

very interesting notes and photo, must be very hard for the inhabitants to live in these conditions, thanks for sharing

Derek

An interesting set of photos and information, this one is very good although I see corrigated iron roofs are used now for some houses.
Another place to go and collect photographs for posterity. These buildings do look like fairy tale houses built of sticks, another place to put on my list of places to see before its to late.

Simon

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