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Ajanta - a different view

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August 14th 2008
Ajanta - a different view This was the fourth time that we were visiting Ajanta. We had seen the cave paintings first time about 36 years back, when they were in a much better state of preservation. Over the past 36 years they have deteriorated despite the efforts to conserve them and so every visit to Ajanta makes us more pensive. However, Ajanta and Ellora still work their charm on us bec ... 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