Ajanta Caves

This is a cave from the Ajanta Caves, which are man-made temples carved from mountain sides. These caves are most famous for their well preserved paintings, which date back to ______(a long time ago). [They are similar to the Ellora Caves, which we visited the next day but Ellora is famous for the sculptures, while Ajanta is famous for the paintings].

India-ana Jones and the Last Crusade

August 20th 2007
I apologize for my absence, several times throughout India I sat down to post but so much was happening but that I never had time, this is actually my third post that is "saved" to send but the other two I did not finish and did not want to send out half written. I am now back in the US and have had time to catch up- so my last post will be all photos and their captions, India seems like the kind ... 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

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