Category:Khalatse tehsil

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བོད་ཡིག: ཁ་ལ་རྩེ / མཁར་ལ་རྩེ་

wylie : Kha-la-rtse / mkhar la rtse
མཁར་ = castle, citadel
Close by are the remains of an old fortified customs house Lha chen Naglug (c. 1150-1175 CE), a member of a dynasty of Dard kings, a built a bridge across the Indus at the same site as the present bridge, and the Bragnag castle on the bank of the Indus, on the brook, about one mile (1.6 km) above the present village, to guard the bridge. It was built in competition to another bridge, the Babu Khar bridge, only three miles (4.8 km) away, and was clearly built to raise taxes from travellers. The castle is said to have been the first castle built in the country. The ruins of the castle and also the remains of extensive fields and watercourses are still visible.

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