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10th Week in India - Chamba Valley - A Hidden Gem

March 24th 2006
Our tenth week began with an overnight train ride from Agra to Amritsar. We had a very comfortable trip in a 2AC 'side upper/lower'. As the sun rose on the punjanb, the green fields spread out in front of us like Saskatchewan - this is truly the breadbasket of India. Arriving in Amritsar - home of the most holy Sikh shrine, the Golden Temple - we found the city to be especially clean. Somehow the ... 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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