Buried in the sand to cool off

The Golden City: Sandcastle in the Desert

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September 8th 2013
The desert state of Rajasthan might just be the most touristy in all of India, famous for its gem scams and pesky touts, but this comes as no surprise since it contains some of the most breathtaking sights in the subcontinent. Chief among them is the 857-year-old sandstone fort in Jaisalmer, in the isolated far western corner of the state only 40 kilometers from the India-Pakistan border. In this ... 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