Tudor style building in Shimla

Shimla - City in the Mist

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July 3rd 2009
As we were not expecting to like Shimla we were pleasantly surprised to find we did! It was a large city, another hill town close to Delhi, and it was spread 3 kilometers over the ridge line of three hills. The traffic was very busy, still holiday season, but our hotel was very close to the main bazaar area so we had no need to battle the traffic once we were settled. The company that we had booke ... 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