Ahmedabad street scene

Ahmedabad

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March 4th 2010
Before came to Ahmedabad I stopped at Palitana(@110m) for a night, climbed up the 600m hill in town where a clustered of Jain temple were on top, said to had 863 temples up there, and some could dated back to the 11th century. Same like the Girnar Hill in Junaga, numbering along the stairway, a total 3200 steps lead you to the top, it was more alike a fort with wall surrounded the temple complex, ... 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