Jain temples just outside Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer

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March 11th 2007
The fourteen and a half hour train ride to Jaisalmer wasn't too bad, as I managed to more or less sleep for about nine of them. Unfortunately one of the windows in our bay couldn't be securely shut, and when I woke up everything was covered in a very fine sand. There were also ants all over me and my luggage, but they didn't seem to be the biting kind so no complaints. Most of the people left o ... 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