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Temple sculpture

Of gates and gopuras

February 17th 2006
Oddly, my room seems to be warmer and more humid than the outside, which is unfortunate given how warm and humid it is outside. I breakfasted in the hotel's A/C restaurant, ordering butter toast. This was served to me as essentially a sandwich with a thin layer of butter in between, however the toast was so thick that I thought at first they were serving me a slice of sponge cake. With my ... read more
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Indian Flag 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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