Gujerati Thali

Gujarat: Ahmedabad

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April 18th 2007
We arrive in Amhedabad at 5am. It is still dark but already warm. We take a rickshaw to the centre and walk to the river as the sun comes up and find somewhere shady for breakfast. After omlettes and fresh lime sodas and reading the local papers, we head out to see the city. Ahmedebad is the capital of the Gujarat state and made itself by being the textile centre of India, so you could say it is ... 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