Reading outside the Monastery

Holiest of Holies

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March 10th 2008
Hey all, We are now currently staying in Bodghaya in a very modest monastery with big rooms and simple furnishings. The train journey was quite an adventure as Calcutta train station was full of hundreds of commuters and it was all rather chaotic. After finding our train we had to find our section (one of many, the trains are a good 3 times longer then british trains at least). Once we found ou ... 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