Agra Fort overlooking the Taj Mahal

Agra to Jaipur

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July 10th 2009
It's difficult to imagine how the rest of our trip will compare after seeing the Taj Mahal. We had a few last stops on our way out of Agra, the Agra Fort (remember, the place where Shah Jahan was imprisoned by his petulant son?). We got to have one last glimpse of the Taj before moving on to Jaipur... On our way to Jaipur, we stopped at Fatehpur Sikri (an ancient fortified ghost city which us ... 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