Vrihat Samrat Yantra, Jantar Mantar

Jaipur

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January 2nd 2010
We caught a bus from Bundi to Jaipur which took 5 hours. We had read that the bus rides out of Bundi were bone rattlers so we booked ourselves tickets for the private bus (as opposed to the local bus - bit more comfortable for an extra 1 dollar) and made our way to the bus stand. The bus arrived roughly on time but to our surprise the bus drove on without stopping. The owner of the travel agency j ... 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