Inside Leh Palace

It's not completely fallen down

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May 30th 2005
Leh is beautiful. It was described in guide books as a moonscape - now never having been to the moon this is difficult to substantiate, but we can say it is bleak, majestic and with an amphitheatre quality set by the surrounding mountains. Situated at 11,800ft Leh flourished until the 1950's when the silk route from China was closed, but the town was revived in 1974 when it opened to tourism. O ... read more

Asia » India » Jammu & Kashmir

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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