Udaipur City of Lakes

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8th Week In India - Three Forts and a Temple

March 11th 2006
The end of our eighth week sees us leaving the 'Golden City' of Jaisalmer, Rajasthan, under cloudy skies with a few showers. According to the Nepali waiter in the rooftop restaurant overlooking the desert, it hasn't rained here since last year. Indeed, this outpost town only 100 kms from the Pakistan border is surrounded by bone-dry desert and little that is green. The clouds today are unusual as ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaisalmer

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

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