Gurez, or Gurais, is a valley located in the high Himalayas, about 86 kilometres from Bandipore and 123 kilometres from Srinagar, to the north of the Kashmir valley.
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11 Facts About Gurez
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Historically, Gurez was part of ancient Dardistan, stretching between Sharada Peeth in the west, Minimarg in the north, Drass in the east, and Bagtore in the south.
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Archaeological surveys in valleys north of Gurez have uncovered hundreds of carved inscriptions in Kharoshthi, Brahmi, and Tibetan.
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Ancient capital of the Dards, Dawar, is located in the Gurez Valley and is an important archaeological site.
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Gurez is a lovely valley five miles in length lying at an elevation of about 8000 feet above the sea.
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Gurez was a beautiful and intelligent woman from Saffron village chandhara, and originally known as "Zoon".
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Gurez was the daughter of a peasant Abuddi Rather, who married her to an illiterate peasant boy named Habba.
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Gurez died twenty years later by drowning into the jhelum and now her tomb is at Athwajan.
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Gurez was about 35 years old, and his religion is unknown.
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Gurez is said to have fasted for months without taking any food or water.
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Gurez was hard of hearing, spoke very little and was popularly known as "Nanga Baba".
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