Tuesday, July 8, 2008

SWAT VALLEY PAKISTAN

Swat valley is the swterzerland of pakistan.swat valley very beautiful valley of pakistan. The valley of swat is of great historical significance including the cradle of many Buddhist part of Gandara. Gandara remains vast area extended from Sind in south to swat on north, where Buddhism was in peak. The art that developed in Gandara is known as Gandara Art. Gandara was specialized in settlement architecture and stone carving. The itineraries and travelogues of the Tibetan and Chinese pilgrims who visited this scared land from time to time provide the reliable source of information on swat vThe beautifull valley of swat is famous for its its GOD gifted natural beauty and rich of natural resources is ignored for years by officials. The condition of swat is getting worst day by day. The natural beauty and resources are dramaticaly disapearing, forest are cutted brutly, and the fight for getting basic facilties for a common man is getting worst on daily bassis. In this section you can read about this problem and can also be appreciated if you point out onealley.Swat is a place for leisure Lover , Hikers , and archeologist. There are many comfortable hotels where one can stay a while to relax. In Kalam upper Swat there are some very pleasant walks since weather is pretty pleasant one can easily walk over the hills for hours and enjoy the unspoiled nature. The Swat is garden of Ashoka and was a prosperous land in the Buddhist times (2nd BC to 5 AD) There are at least over 100 archeological sites in the valley less then 10% of the are excavated. One can explore some of those sites in a half day tour of Swat.

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