Raj Ghat

Delhi

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December 4th 2006
For some sights being closed on Monday, today was a looooong day. We had trouble sleeping so we were up kind of early. We got picked up at 10a and our driver doubled as our tour guide - so we didn't really know what we were seeing or what was going on. The first place we went was Raj Ghat, a memorial to Mahatma Gandhi that is a simple black marble platform that marks the spot of his cremation. ... 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