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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]
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] Blog: Five Thousand Concubines
Date: February 4th 2008
India is a vast country, and if visiting for a month, you can barely scratch the surface. But the size of India is not immediately apparent. It' s only when you come to travel across it that you realise how massive it is. We had to get from Varanasi to Agra, and looking on a map it seems like a small distance. But was a twelve-hour train ride. So far in India, any form of transport seemed to be ch ... read more
Date: February 4th 2008
India is a vast country, and if visiting for a month, you can barely scratch the surface. But the size of India is not immediately apparent. It' s only when you come to travel across it that you realise how massive it is. We had to get from Varanasi to Agra, and looking on a map it seems like a small distance. But was a twelve-hour train ride. So far in India, any form of transport seemed to be ch ... read more
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