Mother and daughter inside the Hawa Mahal, Jaipur

The Pink City

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July 21st 2013
Of the four color-themed cities in Rajasthan, the Pink City is my least favorite. With a population of 3 million, the provincial capital of Jaipur is much larger and more congested than the blue, golden, or white cities, yet still lacks the impressiveness of other large metropolises such as Delhi, or the grandiosity of the Taj Mahal in Agra. Nevertheless, it is regarded as the western point of the ... 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