Dards

Among the programs presented by the Dards of Dras is the game of polo, the ancestral sport of the Dards of the western Himalayas.

The Land of Colors 2007

Among the programs presented by the Dards of Dras is the game of polo, the ancestral sport of the Dards of the western Himalayas.

The Land of Colors 2007

(“Ancient Geography of India,” p. 82) says “Darel is a valley on the right or western bank of the Indus, now occupied by Dardus or Dards, from whom it received its name.”

A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms 2003

"On Swat, the Dards and Connected Problems," East and West n. s., vol. 27 (1977), 9-104.

The Historical Interaction between the Buddhist and Islamic Cultures before the Mongol Empire ��� Bibliography 1976

The Dards are an active and proud people, fond of independence, with features distinctly Caucasian.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 Various

Some of the Dards and Baltis were lepers, and the natives of India brought malarial fever, dysentery, and other serious diseases.

Among the Tibetans 1867

These Dras villages are inhabited by hardy Dards and Baltis, short, jolly-looking, darker, and far less handsome than the Kashmiris; but, unlike them, they showed so much friendliness, as well as interest and curiosity, that

Among the Tibetans 1867

Varadas Daradas the Dards or inhabitants of the modern Dardistan along the course of the Indus, above the Himálayas, just before it descends to India.

Ramayana. English Valmiki 1866

Dardus or Dards, from whom it received its name. "

A Record of Buddhistic kingdoms: being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-hsien of travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline ca. 337-ca. 422 Faxian