Charminar Night Shot

Cyberabad: The City Of Pearls

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February 10th 2007
Our next stop took us into our fourth Indian state of our journey so far, Andhra Pradesh and its state capital, Hyderabad. Once known as the "City of Pearls" because of its importance in the Indian pearl trade - a result of a former Mughal emperor of Hyderabad having a love of the ocean's jewels. That created industries which still flourish today - polishing, grading and drilling. More recentl ... 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