Amy practising for the Taj at the Maharajah's Palace' Mysore

Karnataka

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May 17th 2009
Karnataka - home to the Wodeyar Maharajah's royal city of Mysore and the ancient ruins of the Vijayanagar Empire at Hampi The change of state equaled a change of pace for us, now halfway through our circumnavigation of the subcontinent. Picking up the pace from our lazy sojourn through Kerala, we roared into Karnataka and the royal city of Mysore on an air-conditioned overnight bus ... 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