The Indus basin below the Karakoram, Tibetan in speech and Buddhist in 1200; Islam reaches it in the fourteenth century.
Its chiefs answer to nobody consistently; the Kashmir writers call the country Bolor. Tibetan suzerainty gave way in the ninth to tenth century (Wikipedia, Skardu), and medieval Baltistan has three main chiefdoms: Skardu, Shigar and Khaplu.
Who holds it
- Name
- Not known by name
- Title
- Chiefs of Skardu, Khaplu and Shigar
- Since
- not pinned
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
See the Skardu and Khaplu records.
What it holds
- Skardu, Shigar and Khaplu
- the Indus and Shyok roads
How things stand that morning
Self-governing; no raid or war is dated.
Wealth
Barley and apricots; the caravan road to Ladakh.
Military
No army is recorded and no number is known.
Customs
Tibetan Buddhist; Tibetan inscriptions across the country.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Late genealogies and Wikipedia.
On the map: Approximate.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.