{"id":52963,"date":"2015-03-13T11:29:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T06:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/?p=52963"},"modified":"2015-03-13T11:29:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T06:29:51","slug":"9-fascinating-ancient-symbols-found-in-the-shigar-fort-baltistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pamirtimes.net\/en\/2015\/03\/13\/9-fascinating-ancient-symbols-found-in-the-shigar-fort-baltistan\/","title":{"rendered":"9 fascinating ancient symbols found in the Shigar Fort, Baltistan"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Shigar Fort, locally called the Phong Khar, or the fort on the rock, is a major tourist attraction in the Baltistan region, along with the towering mountains and vast glaciers. It is believed to have been constructed\u00a0in the 17th century by the\u00a0then\u00a0ruler\u00a0belonging to the Amacha Dynasty.<\/p>\n

An interesting aspect of the Fort’s history is that symbols of various religious groups are engraved on its wooden beams at different locations inside the\u00a0residential palace.<\/p>\n

Nine\u00a0of those symbols are being presented here, to show that the region which is now home to a 100 percent Muslim population\u00a0was once heavily influenced in the past by other faiths and philosophy groups, or at least the architects were.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Serpent<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Doves<\/a>
Birds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wheel\"<\/a>
Wheel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wheel<\/a>
Wheel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Swastika\"<\/a>
Swastika covered by a square engraved in the middle of a regular polygon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pyramid\"<\/a>
Pyramid made of pyramids<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Floral<\/a>
Floral Wheel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"F\"<\/a>
Complex pattern\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Ta\"<\/a>
Circle within a circle, with repetitive 9\/6 figure\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Shigar Fort, locally called the Phong Khar, or the fort on the rock, is a major tourist attraction in the Baltistan region, along with the towering mountains and vast glaciers. It is believed to have been constructed\u00a0in the 17th century by the\u00a0then\u00a0ruler\u00a0belonging to the Amacha Dynasty. 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