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CHILAS , a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill See also:village in the See also:North-See also:West Frontier See also:Province of See also:India. It is dominated by a fort on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Indus, about 5o M. below Bunji, 4100 ft. above See also:sea-level. It was occupied by a See also:British force See also:early in 1893, when a determined attack was made on the See also:place by the Kohistanis from the Indus valley districts to the See also:south-west, aided by contingents from Darel and Tangir west of See also:Gilgit and north of the Indus. Its importance consists in its position with reference to the See also:Kashmir-Gilgit route via See also:Astor, which it flanks. It is now connected with Bunji by a metalled road. Chilas is also important from its command of a much shorter and more See also:direct route to Gilgit from the See also:Punjab frontier than that of Kashmir and the Burzil pass. By the Kashmir route Gilgit is 400 M. from the See also:rail-See also:head at See also:Rawalpindi. The Kagan route would bring it 100 in. nearer, but the unsettled See also:condition of the See also:country through which the road passes has been a See also:bar to its See also:general use.
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