Soon Valley, History.

The Historically this might have been the extreme end of the region in which the Gandhara art flourished before the arrival of Awan tribes. The valley was a part of the state under the rule of Junjua Rajputs . They were forcibly ousted by the Awan tribes. The Ancestor of Awans, Qutub Shah came along with the army of Sultan Mahmood of Ghazna in the 14th century . He headed Some troops of Alavids who had been given the title, "Awan" by the Sultan.

Salt Range is rich with animal fossils of pre historic age (63 million years old )such as at sites Chinji, Magri & Tatrot. Here Professor Pilbeam’s teams have collected a large number of animal fossils including those of Primates. Some of them are displayed in the Natural History Museum Islamabad. Recently near Chakwal at Bhan Amir Khatun, simmilar fossil’s were discovered . There is a big time gap between these fossil’s and stone age tools of late Pleistocene {about 40,000 years ago} at Numal Lake cave in Mianwali District. They are made on chart by early man who lived in rock shelters.

....... Research by Muhammad Sarwar.