taj mahal

Agra: Fatehpur Sikri and Taj Mahal

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August 10th 2008
Finally I can say that I have seen the Taj Mahal.....but not without going through some tough situations. I guess one can say that this is the way these things happen in India, so I should have been more prepared! I had booked my train reservations separately from my friends so I was traveling alone, although they were on the same train. We were to depart around midnight and before this I w ... 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