Kumbhalghar

Ranakpur

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October 21st 2008
Ranakpur 20/10/008 With hindsight we probably spent a day too long in Jodhpur and by the end, the dirt and the incessant noise was getting us both down. Also once you had seen the major sights (in a couple of hours), there wasn't that much to do, so we were glad when our taxi arrived to take us on to Kumbhalgarh and Ranakpur. We started the journey on a major road th ... 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