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unusual facts about Potohar Plateau



Babar Awan

Awan's family was landowning family and his father belonged to the Awan caste tribe of the Potohar Plateau.

Raja Sehns Pal Khan

The Potohar plateau was at this time ruled by the Gakhar king Mang Khan Gakhar whose territory included the areas of Chana, Bhaneer and Choomukh (nowadays known as Mirpur) as well as the areas beyond and into the mountains of Kashmir.


see also

Pothohari

Pothohari dialect (Potwari), a dialect of Punjabi spoken widely by the population of the Potohar Plateau and Mirpur in neighbouring Azad Kashmir