At the Taj Mahal

Agra

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January 12th 2009
Agra is a polluted, traffic clogged industrial city with the magnificent white marble Taj Mahal at it's heart and it is truly a wonder. A Bengali poet described it as “a teardrop on the face of eternity” and it's beauty is difficult to describe. There's nothing but sky there's a real feeling that it is a mirage when you are there. The attention to detail and symmetry is amazing. The Taj was ... 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