Tolti
Tolti
طولتی | |
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  Tolti Location in Pakistan  Tolti Tolti (Pakistan) | |
| Coordinates: 35°01′43″N 76°05′33″E / 35.02861°N 76.09250°E | |
| Country |  Pakistan |
| Autonomous territory |  Gilgit Baltistan |
| Baltistan division | Kharmang |
| Time zone | UTC+5 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+6 (GMT+6) |
Tolti (Urdu: and Balti: طولتی) is a city that serves as the administrative capital of Kharmang District, Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. It means "Little Tibet".[1] The village lies on the left bank of the Indus, and is approximately 35 km south-east of the confluence of the Indus from the Shayok. It is today by a well-paved road that runs along the left bank of the Indus slightly from Skardu to reach out.
History
Tolti before 1840 belonged to the dominion of Kartaksho, one of the six small kingdoms Baltistan, but was ruled as a function of Kartaksho over longer time periods of one raja own family. Shortly after Tolti starts today a southern exclusion zone, so that from here onward travel after the Kharmang a few kilometers away.
References
- ^ "Kharmang now GB district". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24.
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