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Magnificent Marble, Vibrant Varanasi & Buzzing Bengal

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January 30th 2016
30/01/16 out of Rajasthan on my classy AC class train (SL full) to nearby Agra, similar boomerang tactics as Delhi with a night train to Varanasi booked, I arrive before 11am, locker my pack at station for 15 inr and head straight to the Taj, I marvel at the marble for as long as one can but become a little itchy for a different perspective, hitch a ride in a random minivan until over the river th ... 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