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Hampi

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February 17th 2009
This is probably one of the coolest places in India, an abandoned city covering 26 sqkm that you have all to yourself. The city was once the capital of a vast Hindu empire that covered the south of India and was devastated by a six-month Muslim siege at the end of the 16th century. Everywhere you look there are old bazaars, temples and roads with not a soul to be seen, it's as if you have discove ... 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