Crown jewel of India

Agra India

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August 24th 2008
Agra, or as we saw of it...Taj Mahal. The Tag Mahal was built in the 1500's by the leader of the Mughal empire as a Maosoleum to his dead wife. While we had seen it many times in our lives, it is beyond words to see it in real life. Walking through the gate at the site of it seemed like a mirage. The building is by far the most beautiful sight we had seen on the entire trip. One of the most amazin ... 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