Mamallapuram

SOUTH-EASTERN INDIA

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February 17th 2009
9-10 Feb 2009. We’re on the east coast, in the French-influenced city of Pondicherry. You can see a strong European influence in the building design, wide streets, beach front - and cleanliness. There are two parts of the town: one Indian and dirty and the other French and clean - for the French parts of the city (only), they apparently pay people to pick up trash. Pondicherry is also the ho ... 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