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20) Ranakpur and its wonderful Jain temple complex

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March 27th 2005
We were at the Udaipur bus stand at around 3:15 p.m., trying to catch a bus to Ranakpur. We had seen photos of this fantastic Jain temple in coffeetable books in Udaipur and considered it worth a visit. For the first time since our arrival, we booked a hotel in advance; firstly, because we had not found anything that suited us in the guidebook (there was pretty little in) and secondly we wa ... 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