Cow patty economy

Agra to Bharatpur to Ranthambore National Park

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January 23rd 2006
We hired a car and driver, shared with a very pleasant couple from Espana, in New Delhi and headed south to Agra, on Jan. 20. Agra was an entirely uninspiring city (a type of mini-delhi) but it has a few good points, namely the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort. We visited the former on a beautiful cool sunny morning along with several hundred other tourists (both Indian and foreign). It was worth th ... 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