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Karakorum (Khalkha Mongolian: Хархорум, Kharkhorum; Mongolian script: ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠬᠣᠷᠣᠮ, Qaraqorum) was the capital of the Mongol Empire between 1235 and 1260 and of the Northern Yuan dynasty in the late 14th and 15th centuries.
The museum contains 300 Mongolian imperial coins with inscriptions in arabic and phags-pa script, found in Karakorum during 2000 to 2005. The museum also contains a Buddha sculpture, a Kalavinka sculpture, as well as porcelain belonging to the time of the Yuan and Song dynasties. [5]
Boundary of Kashmir in the 1888 Survey of India map of India. The undefined boundary shown in dash line from Malubiting, Raskam, Aktagh to Karakunlun Shan Detailed map showing part of the Trans-Karakoram Tract near the Shaksgam River (United States Army Map Service, 1953) The Shaksgam Valley (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) photographed in August
Stones from the nearby ruins of the ancient Mongol capital of Karakorum were used in its construction. [4] Planners attempted to create a surrounding wall that resembled a Tibetan Buddhist rosary featuring 108 stupas (108 being a sacred number in Buddhism), [ 5 ] but this objective was probably never achieved. [ 6 ]
Topographical map of India and Himalaya region with Karakoram fault superimposed on top of it. Karakoram overlay modified from [1]. The Karakoram fault is an oblique-slip fault system in the Himalayan region across India and Asia.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 23:49, 1 December 2013: 1,275 × 1,650 (431 KB): Garrniel: Made all lines (names, faults, kinematics) bolder: 16 ...
For much of the past decade, policymakers and analysts have decried America's incredibly low savings rate, noting that U.S. households save a fraction of the money of the rest of the world.
The Central Karakoram National Park is the highest national park in the world and the largest protected area in Pakistan. [2] It covers about 10,557 km 2 (4,100 sq mi) in the Central Karakoram mountain range.