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While traveling form Mardan towards Swat,As one passes down the famous Malakand pass small hamlet of Piraan kalay is located. At the foot steps of Malakand pass a tributary of the main road leads to Dheri Jolagahm and the main GT road passes through a large commercial centre and a town called Batkhela.
The main GT road then leads to Chakdarra, a famous ancient town on the side of river Swat where the famous Churchil pique t is located and from here a road leads to Dir, Chitral, Bajaward and onward to Afghanistan and another road goes to Swat, Kohistan/Bisham , Northern Areas and ultimately to China.Another small road leads to the historic Shahkote, famous for Bhudist remains and through Shahkote pass to Katlang and Mardan. As we pass along the road towards Swat a well known historic village and now town called Thana ( locally called Thandra )in located. This the place of great sophistication and civility of Yusufzais,then and now, where the chief of Yusufzai, The Khan , use to live.The clan of the khan called as 'Khankori' mean the 'Family of Khan' still is a commonly used nobility. It is still one of the highly educated and most respected people and place in NWFP .

The town is located close to river Swat on one side and the famous mountain of 'Mora',a well known name in Hindu mythology and place of worship where Chandar Gupt Moria stayed and worshiped. A road tributary passes from here to Katlang and Mardan via Charat, a pass adjacent to 'Mora'.Mora is also known in the history of Yusufzai where the Moghul king Babur met Mubaraka Bibi,and got married with her. From Thana the GT road goes to Mingora and Saidu Sharif with many historic and ancient places of Pukhthun ,pre-Pukhtun times.As one passes down the Malakand Pass the Swat valley starts and reaches up in the mountains to Kohistan.