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October 30th 2018
My guide picked me up at 0830 and we got on the 0845 boat to see the caves of Elephanta Island. It took 1h20 to get there and then there was a train and then there were 120 steps up to the caves past multiple little stands selling trinkets and food(just like pilgrimage sites everywhere). The caves on the island were (largely) cut by hand around 500 AD and feature scenes from the Hindu pantheon. Th ... 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