Patna

The journey to Varanasi

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June 25th 2012
Well the train Station a Patna was on par with New Jalpaiguri with respect to the dirtiness, the crowds , and the sleeping bodies everywhere! Our tired, dirty dismayed bodies made their way through the people to outside the Patna station with the thought of finding a jeep to drive us to Varanasi. One guy approached us who had reasonable English and we negotiated with him to organise this jeep. ... 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