page_title: Chilas
section_title: Notes
hierarchical_section_title: Chilas / Notes
caption_attribution_description: English: Beautifull and natural seen of Chilas, district Diamer Northern Area Pakistan.
context_page_description: Chilas is a historical city of Diamer District located in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, on the Indus River. It is part of the Silk Road connected by the Karakoram Highway and N-90 National Highway, which link it to Islamabad and Peshawar in the southwest, via Hazara and Malakand Divisions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In the north, Chilas is connected to the Chinese cities of Tashkurgan and Kashgar in Xinjiang, via Gilgit, Aliabad, Sust, and the Khunjerab Pass.
  Chilas comes under Gilgit-Baltistan. It is the Headquarters of District Diamir.1 The weather is hot and dry in the summer and dry and cold in the winter. It can be reached through the Karakoram highway and also from the Kaghan valley passing over the Babusar Pass. Chilas is situated on the left bank of the mighty Indus River. The beautiful fairy meadows and Nanga Parbat, the seventh highest peak in the world, is also located in Chilas
  Recently, Karakoram International University has opened its sub-campus in Chilas to educate the students
context_section_description: "INDO-IRANIAN FRONTIER LANGUAGES". Encyclopaedia Iranica. 15 November 2006. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  "Post Codes". Pakistan Post Office. Retrieved 22 September 2017.
  Syed Noor Shah Baba
  Asad Ali Khan 1992: 291, English translation by the author)
  "Chilas چلاس climate: Average Temperature, weather by month, Chilas چلاس weather averages - Climate-Data.org". en.climate-data.org. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  Dated "between A.D. 300-350 based on Kharosthi, Brahmi, and Sodian inscriptions written before and after the drawing was completed (fig.3) In the center of the triptych, a spectacular stupa with a relatively small dome [anda], a chattravali with seven disks, columns, banners, and multiple bells illustrates a trend towards decorative profusion." "Chital petroglyphs". Bulletin of the Asia Institute. Wayne State University Press: 152. 2002.
  See: Volker Thewalt, Stupas und verwandte Bauwerke in Felsbildern am oberen Indus, Wiesenbach 2008, ISBN 978-3-9802753-4-7
  Chilas: The City of Nanga Parvat (Dyamar), 1983, p 120, Ahmad Hasan Dani - Chilās Region (Pakistan)
  See also: The Name 'Cambyses', Pakistan Archaeology, 1991, p 123, Wojciech Skalmowski, Pakistan Dept. of Archaeology & Museums - Pakistan.
  Srinivasan, Doris (1997). Many Heads, Arms, and Eyes: Origin, Meaning, and Form of Multiplicity in Indian Art. BRILL. p. 215. ISBN 978-90-04-10758-8.
caption: Chilas River
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