Brushal
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Brushal is the region inhabited by the Burusho people, corresponding to the valleys of Hunza-Nagar, Yasin, and historically, Gilgit. Along with Baltistan and Shinaki, inhabited by the Balti and Shin people respectively, it is one of the three ethno-geographic regions in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Tibetan sources refer to the region as "Bru-zha" or "Brusha". The name appears as such in these sources as early as in the 7th century CE, when the king of Tibet married a Bru-za princess. A. H. Dani identifies Brushal with the little Balor mentioned in the pre-Islamic and Islamic sources. Brushal was the name of a much larger region in past then the present extent of Brushaski speakers. According to Karl Jettmar Brushal in earlier sources referred to the Gilgit Valley when it was still under occupation of Burusho people, before they were displaced by the incoming Shins, in sometimes about 10th century CE. Kreutzmann suggests that Brushal was the name with which northern neighbours of Burusho people, such as Chitral, knew their country while the eastern neighbours in Kashmir, Ladakh and Baltistan called the region as "Kanjut". According to him the two terms are "to be considered coterminous", and refer to the same region, the Hunza-Nagir valleys.
Brushal is the region inhabited by the Burusho people, corresponding to the valleys of Hunza-Nagar, Yasin, and historically, Gilgit. Along with Baltistan and Shinaki, inhabited by the Balti and Shin people respectively, it is one of the three ethno-geographic regions in Gilgit-Baltistan. The Tibetan sources refer to the region as "Bru-zha" or "Brusha". The name appears as such in these sources as early as in the 7th century CE, when the king of Tibet married a Bru-za princess. A. H. Dani identifies Brushal with the little Balor mentioned in the pre-Islamic and Islamic sources. Brushal was the name of a much larger region in past then the present extent of Brushaski speakers. According to Karl Jettmar Brushal in earlier sources referred to the Gilgit Valley when it was still under occupation of Burusho people, before they were displaced by the incoming Shins, in sometimes about 10th century CE. Kreutzmann suggests that Brushal was the name with which northern neighbours of Burusho people, such as Chitral, knew their country while the eastern neighbours in Kashmir, Ladakh and Baltistan called the region as "Kanjut". According to him the two terms are "to be considered coterminous", and refer to the same region, the Hunza-Nagir valleys.
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