Red Fort Wall

Resilient Delhi

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September 19th 2008
As with Bangkok, we used Delhi as a convenient jumping-off point for many of the places we wanted to see nearby, including Varanasi, Nepal, Jaipur, and Agra. Over the course of our trip we were in Delhi for around four days. In our first two visits, we had plenty of time to get the feel of the city, and pack in the sights. Our final night in Delhi came just two days after the September 13 terro ... 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