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The highlights of this trip are the parks, mountains and wildlife of India (and a small sample of its temples).
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  • Madhya Pradesh: Jabalpur's Kanha National Park
  • Madhya Pradesh: ++Khajuraho: +Chitragupta temple (1000), ++Lakshmana temple (954), ++Kandarya Mahadeva temple (1000) with +celestial deities Devi Jagdamba, Jain temple +Parshvanatha (10th c)
  • Madhya Pradesh: +Gwalior: +Gwalior Fort (1516) with +Jain sculptures and +Teli-ka-Mandir (8##)
  • Madhya Pradesh: +Orchha: +Jahangiri Mahal (1626), Raj Mahal (1560), Rai Praveen Mahal (16##)
  • Maharashtra: +++Ellora: caves (600 AD) +Cave 21 (59#) facade and Dancing Shiva, +Cave 29 (650) Shiva and Parvati, Cave 15 Vishnu-lion, Facade and colossal Buddha of Cave 10, Chapel of Cave 15, Jain Cave 31, +Jain Cave 32 (950), Cave 11, Cave 12, deities of Cave 14, +++Kailasa (773 AD)
  • Maharashtra: ++Ajanta: caves (450 AD), Cave 1 painting of 600 AD, Cave 2 facade and frescoes, Cave 9 facade, Cave 10 fresco and largest chaitya of 1st c BC (oldest cave), Cave 16 fresco and sculptures of maidens, +Cave 17 frescoes and Buddha sculptures, +Cave 19 facade of 6th c AD and sculpture of Nagaraja of 550, ++Cave 26 interior of 642 AD, sculptured and giant sleeping Buddha
  • Maharashtra: Navagaon National Park
  • Andhra Pradesh: ++Hyderabad: Falaknuma palace (1872), +Charminar (1591), Golconda fort (citadel of the Qutb Shahi dynasty, 1507-1687)
  • Andhra Pradesh: +Amravati: Maha Chaitya (3##), Buddhist sculptures
  • Itinerary

    • Assam: Kaziranga National Park or Namdapha National Park
    • Sikkim: Trekking from Pemayangtze to Dzongri
    • West Bengal: Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary or Jaldhapara Wildlife Sanctuary
    • West Bengal: Bishnupur/ Vishnupur: +Shyama Raya temple (1643), Keshta Raya temple (1655)
    • Ladakh: +Leh: Palace (163#), Spitok monastery (14##), +Alchi monastery (11##), Lamayuru monastery (10##), Trekking
    • Kashmir: Srinagar, anskar's +Phugtal monastery (10##)
    • Himachal Pradesh: Sarahan's +Bhimakali temple (11##), Key monastery, Tabo monastery, Dhankar's Pin Valley National Park, Trekking in Pin Valley or Trekking to Parvati Valley or Trekking in the Kinnaur region or Trekking in the Sacred Valley of Spiti to Chandra Tal lake
    • Uttaranchal: Valley of Flowers National Park, Corbett Tiger Reserve, Rajaji National Park, Govind Wildlife Sanctuary, Gangotri's Trekking over the Garhwal hills to the source of the Ganges
    • Punjab: Amritsar's ++Harimandir Sahib/ Golden temple (1601), Chandigarh's +Capital complex including LeCorbusier's High Court (1952) and Cactus garden (largest in Asia) +Manali & Kulu Valley
    • Uttar Pradesh: +Lucknow: Tomb of Saadat Ali Khan, Tomb of Khurshid Zadi, Bara Imambara (17##), Qaiser Bagh palace (185#);
    • Uttar Pradesh: +Sarnath: monastery complex, +Dhamekh stupa (4##, the lion capital of the Ashoka column is at the museum), +Sarnath Buddha of 5th c, Museum (+Ashoka's Pillar of the Four Lions of 240 BC)
    • Bihar: +Pataliputra (7kms from Patna),
    • Bihar: +Bodh Gaya/ Bodhgaya/ Buddhgaya's +Mahabodhi Buddhist temple (5## AD) with carving on the railing from 1st c BC, Barabar caves, Vishnupad
    • Bihar: +Nalanda monastery (7th-12th c) and temple 3 (5## AD) and university
    • Madhya Pradesh: +Mandu/Mandogarh: +Hindola Mahal (149#), +Jahaz Mahal (149#), Shah's tomb (1440), caves of Bagh
    • Madhya Pradesh: ++Sanchi: ++Great Stupa (2nd c BC) with gates (35 BC): ++southern gate (oldest, Buddha's miracle, crowned by a wheel of law), +eastern gate (young Gautama leaving his father's place), +western gate (seven incarnations of the Buddha and the Buddha preaching his first sermon); +Stupa 2 (2nd c BC) with surrounding +stone balustrade; +Stupa 3 (2nd c BC) with only one gate; +Ashoka Pillar (pillar #10) near the southern gate of the Great Stupa (the capital is in the museum); ruins of a Gupta temple (4th c AD), one of the earliest in India

    Notes (2007)

    Trip difficulty: easy to moderate
    Season: any
    Length: 28 days
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