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Ellora & Ajanta

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November 27th 2009
Over the course of a couple days we paid visit to the stunning cave temples of Ellora & Ajanta. Ellora is a grouping of 34 cave temples of Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist origin. The crowning temple of this group was the Kailasa temple, a 1500 year old Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva, which is the worlds largest monolithic structure. The complex was completely awe-inspiring: intricate carvings, massi ... 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