Deogarh Mahal

Deogarh

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March 4th 2016
The journey from Devi Garh to Deogarh was a mere 2 hours on good and relatively uncrowded roads – a first for this holiday! We detoured briefly en route to see Rajsamand Lake. At one end of the lake is a long earth embankment – not really a dam – erected in 1670 by the local ruler to celebrate a number of victories he had over Moghul Emperor Aurangzeb during his interminable wars against the ... 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