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You can see the fort's style, looks like Tibetan style. 700 years ago, the prince from Baltistan fell in love in the princess of Hunza so he builded this fort for her. I walked along the small road from the village to the fort,  passed the stone-houses and met very very nice Hunza girl, her name is Parveen. She invited me into her house, even she could not speak English but we could understand each other because we had spoken the language of the world. Before I left, she also gave me a t...

The family of Mirs of Hunza ruled Hunza for 960 years. Hunzakuts are believed to be the descendents of five wandering soldiers of Alexander the Great. The people of Hunza speak Brushuski, an aboriginal language. This princely state retained its isolated independence for a long time in the remote part of the areas which now form the Northern Areas of Pakistan adjoining the Sinkiang Autonomous Region of China.During early nineteenth century, Hunza resented Kashmir's attempts to gain contr...