Leitner, Gottlieb W.; Ravenstein, Ernst Georg [Ill.]: The languages and races of Dardistan (Lahore, 1877)

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SHINA VOCABULA11Y.—( Continued.)

ASTOR VILLAGES

TOWARDS KASHMIR

(BY THE BANGALA

BAL.)

Tshdngure kot (where
there is the fort of Astok)

Tshongure, (my Astori
follower's native village,)

Idgah (where they assemble
and play Hookey, on horse-
back, or ^P-dlo) the people
call it Sango ;

Near there is Shipidas.

Balenn.

Hunn Bulenn.

Gurkut (Rdzi Khan's place)
also called Gue.

Tshdrit (the village which
is right under the Daya-
wur mountain .better
known perhaps as the
Nanga Parbat.)

Further on from this is the
village of Nahakke ;

At the very foot of the Dayd-
mur is the village of Tash-
ing;

On the other side of the
Astor river is Zeiper.

Then comes an immense
plain, once very cultivated,
now barren, called Tshdy
Das ;

Then further on the road
to Guraiz over the Ban-
gala Bal comes Tshugham.

Then Maitze.

Tnen Ratth, the Estate of
Raja Bahadur Khan of
Astor.

Then Pukur Kot;

The Plain of Gaburidas ;

The Ravine of Mirmalik-
gah;

Ispe (deserted.)

Prom Tashing over the
Mazeno pass the road
leads in 2days to Chilas
and is open for one month
in the year.

On the left side of the Astor
river going to Kashmir
from Astor:

Tingi on the Rongdu road.

Gutumsarr,

Ramka.

Shepe.

KangruL

Datze.

Hupuk,

Loss.

Hiiul6s=(upper Loss.)

Petshuns1, opposite to the
fort of Astor.

Pine. Phine ?

Danal,

Kiney Das.

Najam, (Naugam.)

Goltore.

Pakdre.

From Kiney Das, follow-
ing the bank of the river :

Maykial (plenty of fruit
is said to grow there.)

Kushunatt, where there is
a river, on the other side
of which lies :

Zail.

Godai, from "which two roads
and rivulets branch off ;
the one on the right
leads to Kashmir on
which is situated Karem
(composed of two villages
one of which is called
Das and the other Ka-
rem ; put down in our
books together as Das-
Karem or Das-Kirman).
The second road which

leads to Skardo has the
villages of Karbe and
Bubinn. Then comes the
pass into Skardo on which
there are no villages.

NAMES OP THE VIL-
LAGES OE GURAIZ.

On the left bank of the
Kishenganga:

"Wapiir or Dinane.

Kanyal.

Deware.

Mastan.

Mafget

Atshua.

Tshorban.

Dudl Gai.

Grokot.

Kanri.

Telld.

There are five villages on the
right bank of the Kishen-
ganga, leading to Muzaf-
lerabad, the names of which
I do not know.

MOUNTAINS OP GHIL-

GHIT.

Dubani, near Bagr6t.

Baldas, opposite to the
Ghilgit fort.

Karga, the Dureyl range.

Niludar, the range into Ghil-
ghit.

Nilkp.

Chilas Mountains, [as given
by my Ghilghiti followe.]

Lulusarr (the name of a
lake on the frontiers of
Chilas.)

Gale.

Serale.

ASTOR MOUNTAINS

Tshas bili shish=the' bro-
ken mountain,

Ditzil.

Garey.

Demi deldem=plank moun-
tain.

Tshamd, opposite the Astor
fort,

Mukatshaki,

Katshak pash, ~) Hills from

Tshidingpash, y Astor to

ShashongpashJ Dashkin.

Tshdlo^kdt tshish (on the
Naugam side) a place for
the Rajah's sporting ex-
peditions near Godey. "

Murgulum tshish — crowd
(of game) mountain.

Diyamer=the famous Nan-
ga Parbat mountain j the
Dayamur.

Kauli == The black moun-
tain,

Mukeli, looks towards As-
tor and is joined by the :

Tingeli, which looks towards
Rongdu.

Here the fairies of Daya-
mur put up their tents
and there are songs ce-
lebrating this legend.

Atshd Konn == the well
known " Acho" peak
of Vigne, from which a
most extensive view is
obtained over Ghilghit
and Chilas territories, is
so called by Astoria ;
" Hattii pir" is the name
given by the Dogras.

A road used by robbers
which is very difficult and
is called the '' Tokoreyn
ponn" (Thokors' road)
leads from the Sheytan
Narre to Mang Doye;
on the river side it bran-
ches off half way the
Atshd peak ; it is a short
cut, but a very dangerous
road,