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The Eighth Wonder of the World
November 30th 2004 So much has been said about the Taj Mahal, that it will probably sound like a cliché if I repeat it here. However, all of those incredible and glowing descriptions that travellers give the gleaming white marble building are really true. The one fact that most people err on is that 350 years ago Shah Jahan built the mausoleum for his second wife, who died in childbirth. Though the romantic noti
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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 COMING SOON HOUSE ADVERTISING ads_leader_photo_bottom