Calcutta - Memories of Victoria

In The Company of East India

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February 28th 2009
Hi again everyone - hope the winter back home is almost over... Last time we wrote, we were making the transition from the northern state of Sikkim and the Darjeeling area and starting to move towards the south, along the east coast. Kolkata - known as Calcutta in the time of the British rule - was our first stop along the way. It was a great city to visit and super to feel like we were exp ... read more

Asia » India

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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