Hampi

Hampi

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December 21st 2008
After taking a long train journey we arrived at Hospet early morning from where we took a rikshaw to Hampi. The rikshaw driver seemed to still be sleeping and clearly not focused as he hit a dog who was peacefully sleeping in the middle of the road. Well, at least that's the impression we both had as the dog started howling and crying loundly. Hampi was the medieval capital of the Hindu empir ... 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