Fort Madhogar Bath

CONTRASTS

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March 12th 2009
CONTRASTS Traveling in the Indian state of Rajasthan has made me think more than I ever have about the inequalities of life. As an American, I’ve always been vaguely “anti-king”, so being in a place ruled for the last several hundred years by an assortment of major and minor kings/princes has made me wonder about the morality (for lack of a better word) of that method of government. We ha ... 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