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Delhis landscape forms a dense pattern of the old and the new a maze of streets and dwellings where historic ruins rub shoulders with modern day complexes and where the expanding city encroaches relentlessly on village settlements that date back centuries. Delhis Historic Villages brilliantly captures this uneasy embrace of tradition and modernity. Eight villages have been singled out for the historical interest of medieval monuments in their midstfrom the ruins ...
Far out into the desert were two kingdoms ruled by princes who claimed their descent from the sun and the moon. Slowly they established their might over the desert and extended their sway, often coming into conflict with each other. In the isolation of their capitals, they remained in touch with world affairs, and made their outposts modern cities. When Jodhpur was established over five centuries ago, its princes, not satisfied with what they held set off on ...