The early history of the region goes back to the centuries before the Mughal Empire , when in the early fourteenth century the Tanoli tribe under its chieftains arrived here from Central Asia , via Afghanistan , and conquered it and settled here on the banks of the river Indus and a wide area around it , which thus came to be known as Tanawal .
They conquered it and settled here on the banks of the river Indus and a wide area around it , which thus came to be known as Tanawal .