On the bank of the Ganges

Indians celebrating the sunrise

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October 30th 2006
Varanasi, Benares or Kashi, this is Hindu's holiest city. Whether you know it or not you've seen it before. It is one of the world's oldest continually inhabited city and was a contemporary of Sumer. It is mentioned in the Vega (Hindu holy text) as the city of temples and learning and it still seen that way nowadays. I was quite excited to be there and see for myself this bigger than life city. ... read more

Asia » India » Uttar Pradesh » Varanasi

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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