Buddha At Thiksey

Indus Valley Happenings

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August 4th 2008
August 3, 2008 Well I have been in Leh and the Indus Valley now for about 6 days now; it feels much longer. I have pretty much gotten the feel of the place which ranges from utter reverence to distaste. The distaste can be described as the pollution from the cars that choke the life out of the small alleyways here and the hoards of tourists. There was a protest to ban the cars from the main ba ... 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