CHILAS  , a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill See also:

• VILLAGE

village in the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

West Frontier See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

Province of See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India . It is dominated by a fort on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• INDUS

Indus, about 5o M. below Bunji, 4100 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . It was occupied by a See also:

• BRITISH

British force See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in 1893, when a determined attack was made on the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place by the Kohistanis from the Indus valley districts to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west, aided by contingents from Darel and Tangir west of See also:

• GILGIT

Gilgit and north of the Indus . Its importance consists in its position with reference to the See also:

• KASHMIR, or CASHMERE

Kashmir-Gilgit route via See also:

• ASTOR, JOHN JACOB (1763-1848)

Astor, which it flanks . It is now connected with Bunji by a metalled road . Chilas is also important from its command of a much shorter and more See also:

• DIRECT

direct route to Gilgit from the See also:

• PUNJAB

Punjab frontier than that of Kashmir and the Burzil pass . By the Kashmir route Gilgit is 400 M. from the See also:

• RAIL

rail-See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head at See also:

• RAWALPINDI

Rawalpindi . The Kagan route would bring it 100 in. nearer, but the unsettled See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country through which the road passes has been a See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar to its See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general use .