Ganesh gate- all inlaid

Jaipur

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March 7th 2017
As we were in Jaipur for four nights this blog will only deal with some of the highlights as there were too many experiences to describe adequately. Jaipur is known as the Pink City. This began in 1876 when Maharaja Ram Singh decreed that the old city be painted pink, a colour of welcome for the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII). Today the pink is more of a terracotta colour. Is this where t ... 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