Chalt (Where the two continents collided)

Introduction:

Chalt about 60 kilometers north of Gilgit, Chalt is the southernmost settlement of the old Nagar Kingdom. The British arrived in 1891 with a force of 1,000 men, strengthened Chalt Fort and used it as their base to over throw Hunza and Nagar in a fierce battle at Nilt, nine kilometer upriver. Chalt lies on the line of collision between two geological plates. The Indian subcontinent is still pushing northwards into the Asian land mass and a small Island plate is being crushed between them. The deepest, oldest layer of this Island plates are at Paten, further south on the KKH and the top layer appears at Chalt. A sign on the cliff beside the KKH before Chalt reads: Here continents collided.