One of the many Ghats

India 23rd to 27th Sep 2008

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September 28th 2008
The night train from Kolkata was comfortable, but I did not get more than about three hours sleep as there was a lot of snoring around me. The train arrived two hours late at Gaya in the morning on 23rd. After bargaining with the rickshaw drivers to take me the 13km Bodhgaya at a fair price and a bumpy ride, I finally arrived at my planed destination. Bodhgaya is where Prince Siddhartha Gautama ... 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