Sarnath

Varanasi

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July 27th 2007
Arrived in Varanasi after a surprisingly comfortable 12 hour train ride through the night. We're met by a friend of our driver from Agra, who seemed very nice and friendly. He took us to our hotel which was by the Ganges, so the location was nice, but it was a little difficult getting there. We had to get a boat down the river to right outside the place, the streets nearby were too narrow to get a ... read more

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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world, dates back at least 5,000 years. Aryan tribes from the northwest invaded about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. Arab in... ... read more