Inside the Agra Fort

3 of 3: Taj Mahal!

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March 6th 2009
Just in time for the Taj Mahal! Time is running short on this cross country journey. The Taj Mahal was only slightly out of the way from the track I was on and I was told that there is nothing much to do in Agra, besides see the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort, but that it was well worth the extra travel. Of course, I can't be in Northern India without seeing the Taj Mahal! ... 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