Agra Red Fort

Agra

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January 20th 2008
We arrived in Agra via the Shabtabi Express and experienced our first cycle-rickshaw, which is safe to say a lot slower and less comfy than the auto-rickshaws. After checking in to the hostel we visited Agra Red Fort, built almost 1,000 years ago. After the Fort, we headed straight for Agra's star attraction, the Taj Mahal. The Taj Mahal was built by the king to honour the death of his wife. On ... 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