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| Tours to Delhi |
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| Delhi, lying on the western end of the Gangetic plain and drained by River Yamuna, is the capital and the third largest city of India. On Tours to Delhi, witness the healthy blend of the ancient, the medieval, the colonial and the contemporary architecture as you pass through the ruins and remains of the eight cities of Delhi. The earliest history of Delhi can be traced to the period of Mahabharata when the Pandavas established their capital Indraprastha at Delhi in c.1450 BC. The archaeological excavations have proved their capital to be at the Old Fort area. |
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| Tours to Agra |
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| Take the Tours to Agra to know the rich cultural past of this historic city. The famed city of Taj, Agra has a rich historical background much older than the Mughals. The earliest mention of Agra is found in the epic Mahabharata where it is mentioned as Agravana. The city formed was the part of the Brij-Bhoomi, the famous land of Lord Krishna. It is believed that Raja Badal Singh established the city of Agra in 1475 AD. It was Ptolemy who first made the use of the modern name Agra. In the more recent history, the Afghan king, Sikander Lodi was the first king to make Agra its capital city in the 16th century AD. |
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| Tours to Jaipur |
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| Tours to Jaipur, the first planned city of India and Sawai Jai Singh's baby. He earned the title of Maharaja in 1707 AD and Sawai, meaning "One and a Quarter' and derived from the Hindi word 'Sawa', which is more than one but less than one and half. In 1713 AD. Kachhwaha King, Sawai Jai Singh conceived the basic plan for the city, which was converted to reality by the chief architect Vidhyadhar Bhattarcharya of Bengal. Started in 1727 AD, construction work of the city was completed by 1731 AD. You will learn on tours to Jaipur that the city is based on the principles of ancient Indian treatise on architecture, Shilpa Shastra and ancient Indian science of architecture, Vastu Shastra. |
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