To measure the time

Cosmos and Charlatans

---

April 15th 2011
After Jaisalmere I treated myself to travelling in the ac compartment of the train - worth every penny as you get a little curtain you can pull across every time the staring gets too much - and headed for the final of my three J’s, Jaipur. Jaipur is known as the pink city, as many of the buildings were painted pink to welcome the Prince of Wales back in 1876. Though, if you ask me, it’s more ... read more

Asia » India » Rajasthan » Jaipur

---

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