The Golden Temple

Amritsar - Golden Temple

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September 26th 2008
Written on Oct-12, Paris, France Another great couple of days in Amritsar. I really liked Chandigarh when I was there and it made an extremely good impression on me when I visited. It didn't have a lot to do with the cleanliness and orderly layout of the city or anything like that. I think I didn't really understand why I liked it so much at the time, I just really liked it. Having spent m ... 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