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Handprints of the royal wives and concubines  
   

Handprints of the royal wives and concubines

Jodhpur fort
Rushing Towards Rajasthan: India Week Two

March 31st 2009
Greetings - Three weeks in and we are still loving India, which keeps finding new ways to awe us and keep us on our toes. On day eight, we flew from Varanasi to Khajuraho, where we spent the afternoon exploring around--and blushing at--the town's two dozen eleventh century erotic temples. The original inspiration for the three tiered, two-foot high carvings chiseled into Khajuraho's fleet ... read more
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Indian Flag 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
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