Hawa Mahal

Laurel and Hardy do India

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October 17th 2016
Geo: 24.5823, 73.6882We followed a walking tour around Jaipur (The Pink City) and took in sights such as Hawa Mahal which is a building that a Moghul king built so that his wives could watch the goings on on the streets without anyone looking back at them. As far as we can tell, this is one of the first recorded and most elaborate 'nosey neighbours' in history.We also went to a place ca ... 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