Charminar

Hyderabad

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April 21st 2006
Took train from Mumbai to Hyderabad visited University, where grandfather was professor of English many,many years ago, Charminar and other places Met Pradeep from Bangalore at the Birla Mandir Temple Hyderabad is more laid back than Mumbai but just as crowded and busy with autorickshaws Bazaars round Charminar sell everything from old bicycle parts to stings of expensive pearls and gold jeweler ... 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