Heritage record
Kharmang Fort
Gilgit-BaltistanFortProtected
This was the Old Fort named Boti Khar. It is a double story fort constructed by Kharpon ruler before 1565. Sher Shah from Baltistan ruled and constructed another fort known as Soma Khar, before 1635, but in 1948 it was damaged and now no more existing. Boti Khar is still there but it needs attention for renovation.
- Record ID
- 7978
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Kharmang
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Fort
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 34.93893, 76.23003 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Built Heritage of Gilgit Baltistan by Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation. Unpublished.
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