Dhangkar, The empire settled between the mountains. Himalayan, a strong wall standing between the Indian subcontinent and Eurasia. It is snowy at its height. Oxygen is low and yield is negligible. These conditions have created a place where it is difficult to live.
This piece of land exists between India and Tibet. The name is Spiti which means the land between the mountains. Looking at it, it seems that it is situated in a barran land, but there is also a building in Spiti which was once a precedent, covered like a eagle's nest, Dhangkar. It is one of the highest forts in the world. Built at a height of about 13 thousand feet from the sea, this fort was once part of a Buddhist monastery and village. It was the capital of Spiti for centuries. King's throne.
Spiti was originally part of an empire in western Tibet. In the 11th century, the ruler established Spiti and the neighborhood Zanskar area for his sons. One son ruled the Zanskar and the other ruled on Spiti where he was called as Nono. It is believed that the actual capital where the people lived was covered. The fort of Dhangar stands at the confluence of the river Spiti and Pin. This fort is built at a height of about one thousand feet above the surface of the valley. Spiti is such a place that due to the natural erosion, the pointed towers of the metro were built.
The main security enclosure village was situated on the banks of that peak and there was only one way to go inside it, no outsider could go inside. It was the perfect place for the king of Spiti to take control of his empire which had spread far and wide. His empire was in the wilderness of about seven and a half thousand square kilometers, Hard and inhuman. It was also connected to the Silk Route through a network of mountainous paths and passes. Those who had the courage to come from western Tibet, they used to do very little business while waiting for the snow to melt. Dry cheese of wool and yak milk instead of which he used to take salt and precious gems. The merchants stayed on this path for several days, but many times for weeks. Spiti was ruled by the Prince of Tibet for 900 years ago. The prince was titled as Nono. Nono ruled this empire for centuries.
Caravans of merchants passing through the Spiti gave gifts and tax to Nonos. Coral and turquoise were the best gifts for the king to get permission to come safely. Nonos rule ended centuries ago. The history of his fort was also lost in the time sheet. Local people say that the cover is about eight hundred years old. The fort has suffered a lot. Much of the original building collapsed following a devastating earthquake in the seventies. Only the ruins of that magnificent fortress made of mud, stone and wood have survived. The World Monument Fund has also considered Dhangkar, one of the hundred most endangered place in the world.
Since many centuries Dhangkar has also contained many mysteries and folk tales. When the fort came to an end, the plunder covered and the attackers broke down. Long ago a similar group of robbers came here. They camped in the foothills of the hill and waited for the right opportunity. But the people in the fort had made a different strategy to deal with the attackers. They did not chase down the attackers but called them inside the fort. When there was some relief in the freezing cold of Kulfi, the attackers also started celebrating with the villagers happily. But where did he know that such goodness could become a threat to their life? This celebration was a murderous deception. When the celebrations were over, the drunken staggered attackers were shown the way out of the fort. Today, the ruins of the fort, covered on a high mountain. Very few people know about this anonymous place and the mysterious kingdom Spiti.
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