Jaigarh chattri

Jaipur - Amber and Jaigarh Forts

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March 12th 2016
A leisurely breakfast at the Nagaur fort. The staff are all on tenterhooks with the VIPs staying. We exchange “good morning” greetings with the Chairman of the BJP as he sets off for his morning meetings outside the fort. He is trailed by four or five of his entourage and five of the mean looking soldiers with flitting eyes and fingers on the triggers of their Uzis. David thinks about asking f ... 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