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Marble galleries inside Sikri
Soul cleansing

November 1st 2006
Just got back from a short trip to Fatehpur Sikri. Its a small town, well more like a ghost town now after it was abandoned some 400 years ago. The entire city complex is deserted but surprisingly the buildings have not deteriorated with time. Usually in India, most old buildings and structures are damaged and the ASI forgets to restore them. Sikri is about 40 km away from the closest city Agra ... read more
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Indian Flag 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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