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Timergara is a city and the district headquarters of the Lower Dir District and temporary headquarter of newly established Central Dir District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. Timergara city is located on the east bank of the Panjkora River. It lies at an altitude of 823 metres (2,700 ft). The town is the site of excavated graves of Indo-Aryans, dating from 1500 to 600 BC. On the west side of the Panjkora River is the excavated site of Balambat. The site has been occupied continuously since the time of the Indo-Aryans in 1500 BC. Discoveries included houses dating from 500 BC and fire altars, showing that the people followed early form Aryan religion which revolved around fire worshipping. The areas early political history is defined by the control of the Bactrians, Scythians and Hepthalites, and artifacts and ruins from these periods are found throughout the region. At the 1998 Census, the town had a population of 43,774. Most of the main city lies on the bank of the river Panjkora, which separates Balambat from the main city.
Torghar District formerly known as Kala Dhaka is a district in the Hazara Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It was officially separated from the Mansehra District in 2011 under Article 246 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
The valley of Agror is located in the Hazara region of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of northern Pakistan. Its territory makes up Oghi Tehsil, an administrative unit of Mansehra District. Tanoli of Agror are ruling this area from generations. Agror is the Pashto speaking area where Tanoli speak pashto as their mother tongue.
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Karnol is a village and union council of Mansehra District in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. It is located at an altitude of 797 metres (2618 feet) lying in the south east of the district near to Abbottabad and the Kashmir frontier and lies in an area affected by the 2005 Kashmir earthquake. Ameer-Ullah Khan the elder son of Habibullah Khan I and grandson of Sa'adat Khan who was the first ruler of pakhli (1762-1780) under Durrani Empire & nominal Chief of Swatis founded this village.
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Dherai Bahader Khan is a small village in Kuza Banda, southern Battagram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. It is located at 34°38'9.51"N 73° 0'27.98"E, at an altitude of 1218 m, on the Oghi Battagram Road. The town was founded by Zaman Khan, father of Haji Bahader Khan, about 150 years ago. Residents belong to the Torkhel sub-tribe of the Deshan tribe of Swati.
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