A 309kg silver urn

The grandfather of the present maharaja was a devout Hindu. Touching British Officials was done wearing gloves. After the meeting he would burn all his clothes and wash in Ganga water. He adapted a P&O liner to carry two of these urns full of Ganga water when he visited England to celebrate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.

Jaipur Jars & Delhi Delights

December 20th 2010
We managed to get the last train tickets in the whole of India, probably, from Agra to Jaipur. We had a very pleasant journey, jumped in a very pleasant car and arrived at our very pleasant hotel (where we upgraded our room to a very pleasant room). We chilled out for a day because Steve got some sort of dodgy tummy, which is strange because we'd been sharing food for the previous few days. ... 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

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