Darada: The Upper Indus Mountain Realm of the Mahabharata

The most defensible identification therefore places the ancient Darada heartland in the Upper Indus and adjoining Gilgit-Chilas mountain country, with connections extending towards Chitral and neighbouring Himalayan and Hindu Kush valleys.
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