Pink City

Jaipur: Maharajas and movies

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March 8th 2012
<span><span> Jaipur is called “The Pink City.”<span> Pink being the colour of hospitality and friendship.<span> Jaipur is known for jewellery, leather and the making of artificial limbs: they are shipped all over the world.<span> This is also the area that supplied all that translucent marble for the Taj Mahal.<span> The city’s founder, Maharaja Samai ... 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