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Fatehpur Sikri and staying with the Maharaja of Karauli

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February 21st 2016
After treating ourselves to a lie-in, we were relieved to find the massive Japanese tour party had already left, and normal service had resumed in the restaurant. We set off on the next leg of our journey. First stop was Fatehpur Sikri, a new capital city built by Emperor Akbar in 1571 on the site of the retreat of a Chishti saint, a Sufi whose blessings Akbar believed had led the birth of his ... 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