Pushkar street

Rajasthan

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January 15th 2007
Rajasthan was the one of the two places in India (the other being Varanasi) that have seemed to meet my expectations pretty clearly. The image i had was of a lot of small towns, rural surroundings, hot weather, desert sands and big forts. These were all there, but despite it's predictability, I still really enjoyed my time here and managed to pack five destinations into twelve days. Pushkar ... 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