Swat the Switzerland of the East, lies in the North-West of Pakistan and is most appropriately called the land of eye-catching valley, green pastures, Murmuring streams, forest, snow-capped mountains, sliding glaciers and lots more. This beautiful valley of Swat gets nourishment from the river Swat. Its history stretches back to classical antiquity. This heavenly tract of land has always attracted visitors and tourists since ancient times. Its beauty is not a recently born thing. Its breathtaking natural sights attracted people from abroad in the past aw well. Swat, the ancient Uddyana of Sanskrit language meaning “The Garden” or “An Orchard”, the land of forests, fruits and flowers, has the honour of having had links with the old world through the visits to and conquests of this fascinating valley by the Greeks, Scythians, Parthians, Kushans, Sassanians and Maurians in different periods of history. Travelers and Pilgrims such as Fahien, Sung Yun and Hsuan-Tsang visited this land in their turns.