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Mysore City

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November 6th 2005
Hello everyone! From the national park, the one with the elephants....our driver continued for another 3 hours, to Mysore, Karataka - a city around the same size as Sheffeld. Nearing the city, the streets became increasingly dusty and noisy, it was a crazy, crazy place! The city itself was everything I magined an Indian city to be - run down, dirty, busy - there are buildings that are just abou ... 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