Sunset over the paddy fields

Boulder Strewn Hampi

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January 1st 2007
" If dreams were made out of stone, it would be Hampi" - not my line but I liked it and it sums it up nicely. So, we left Goa on New Year's Eve and headed to the famous boulder city of Hampi - the captital of the largest empire in India back in the 14th century and famed for its beautiful palaces and temples which now lie abandoned amidst a landscape of basically giant boulders. I have neve ... 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