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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: Pilgrim Town to Lake Palace
Date: August 21st 2008
The short hop on the train to Ajmer was fine, but I wasn't planning on staying there. Ajmer was merely a staging post to get to Pushkar. I caught a government bus from the bus station and we took a mountain pass into the valley next door. Government buses are extraordinary vehicles. I’m not entirely sure what holds them together but the bottom half of the bus appears to be independent of the top ... read more
Date: August 21st 2008
The short hop on the train to Ajmer was fine, but I wasn't planning on staying there. Ajmer was merely a staging post to get to Pushkar. I caught a government bus from the bus station and we took a mountain pass into the valley next door. Government buses are extraordinary vehicles. I’m not entirely sure what holds them together but the bottom half of the bus appears to be independent of the top ... read more
