Kolkata

Kolkata

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August 19th 2006
Left Kilimpong West Bengal in the afternoon to the train station. Unluckly there was a land slide on the main road so we had to take the long way round. 6 hours later I arrived at the train station in the evening and went to buy a ticket for the overnight train to Kolkata. Unluckly the only seats left were the lowest class seats on the solid wooden benches crambed in with the locals. I took ... 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