Grinning tiger

Kota Palace and Prithvi Vilas, Jhalawar

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February 27th 2016
If last year was all about temples, this holiday is the year of the palace. After bidding a fond farewell to Bundi, an hour’s drive took us to Kota which is, for the most part, just as described in one guide book – ‘a grimy industrial city’. Steel plants loom large and spew out polluting clouds of smoke. But like so many other Rajput towns, Kota has an old town surrounded by what remain ... 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