Pasture Settlements
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In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful. In ancient times, there usually was a name for a settlement related to pastures (ter in Burushaski and nala in Urdu) such as the Nala of Khurkuz being Ultar Nala. There usually were fields downhill of a mountain. People used to grow crops and they have also goats, sheep and cows whereby during the season they lived there and cultivated their fields with buffalos.
As they departed with the animals to the pasture, the people collected cattle from different owners. If there was a milk-giving cow with them, they agreed with the owner of providing him with five kilograms of butter after their return, the rest of milk they used for themselves.
Water-mills were used to make flour, stored in wooden boxes which had [two] different sections for wheat flour and buckwheat flour. Mothers got the needed amounts of flour from there and gave them to their daughters-in-law to make bread as they did year-round. When the summer season was over, they used to bring their cattle with them down from the nala to Karimabad. At that time the trade of agricultural products followed a barter system. When the British came here they started a monetary system of money by setting salaries for wazeers, workers, and sol-diers of the king. At that time silver coins were introduced and kept in small cloth bags.
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