About India

The region of Ladakh must be one of the most beautiful places in not only India but also in world. Ladakh is simple, beautiful and mesmerising. It has yet to be affected by malices’ of modern world and that has helped it in keeping its purity intact. Ladakh is a dream travel destination for many tourists who want to try something different and adventurous. If you have any questions regarding how to reach here then you can take direct flights from major cities of India to Leh and then you will need to get to Ladakh via roads.

One of the most famous places to see here is Leh palace. It was built in 17^th century by King Singe Namgyal. Leh palace has always attracted tourists from far and wide. Though, the palace is in a decrepit condition yet it has lost none of its charm. In fact, the journey to this place itself is so adventurous that you will be forced to relish this experience forever. Leh palace is located in the Himalayas and that lends it a special aura. King had built this palace as royal residence but when the royal family moved to Stok, it was left as it is.

The Leh palace is uninhibited but is maintained by the Indian Government’s Archaeological Conservation Organization. The palace had total nine stories and all of them are in ruins now. The palace is located in the lap of Namgyal hill and on its right is famous Victory tower. The prime features of the place are overhanging wooden balconies and massive buttressed walls. Build in medieval Tibetan architecture, the palace has an old world charm about it. Though not in best shape yet you cannot help but compliment this beautiful structure.

Indian civilization has witnessed great many enduring achievements over a period of thousand years. It is not easy to talk about all these unique achievements but our site strives to provide you every bit of possible information about beauty of Indian as a whole. One such legendary achievements of Indian civilization is undoubtedly its architecture. Indian architecture is unique, magnificent and multi-dimensional. Credit all these aspects to changing geographical structure and constantly shifting socio-economic dimensions. Indian architecture has kept on evolving since last hundreds of years and yet we seem to dwarf our previous achievements with every passing day.

Indian architecture is truly unique because of an attractive mix of different types of architectural styles. The styles kept changing because of diverse eras, rulers and historical changes. Also the fact that, India is a mass of vast diversities, a range of architectural specimens have evolved over the course of time. The continuity in excellence has always been there in Indian architecture.

The different periods of Indian history stamped its own beauty on Indian architecture. The first sign of rich and well managed Indian architecture was visible during Indus Valley civilization period. There are plenty of substantial evidences of extensive town planning. Buddhism in India brought with it large number of magnificent buildings. Examples include the Great Stupa at Sanchi and the rock-cut caves at Ajanta.

If we look at South India, rich examples of splendid Indian architecture are the rock-cut temples of Mahabalipuram and the temples of Kanchipuram. All the dynasties in South India like the Chola, Hoyasala and Vijayanagar, Pallavas rulers did remarkable job in the field of architecture. North India had unique style of architecture called as the Nagara style architecture. Arrival of Mughals resulted in new architectural style in India- the Indo-Islamic architecture. The final style of architecture was seen during colonization of India. Known as the Indo-Saracenic architecture, this style had combined features of Hindu, Islamic and western elements. The examples of this style can be seen in institutional, civic and utilitarian buildings such as post offices, railway stations, rest houses and government buildings.

India boasts of a proud history. From the ancient ages to current era, Indian history is replete with numerous fascinating facts and figures. It is hard to summarise glorious chapters of Indian history in few pages. Such is the richness of the Indian history that one will need to write few books to get a glimpse of it. Yet, we can always divide the mesmerising Indian history into few parts. One of these parts will definitely be Modern Indian history. It covers a long duration. Traditionally, modern history of India begins when Mughal Empire was about to finish. The advent of Modern Indian history was very eventful as this also heralded coming up of many new small kingdoms and umpteen fights occurring between them. All of them wanted to assert their supremacy after the end of Mughal Empire and at the same time, British, French and Dutch armies also had started to arrive on Indian shores. Many years of social, economical and political changes took place during this period.

Foreign trade companies were in a different league fighting for lucrative Indian pie which was eventually won by British armies. That also signalled two centuries of uninterrupted rule by British army. Indian natural resources were totally exploited and they had brutal dominance over Indian Territory.

This period also witnessed establishment of Indian National Congress and subsequent fight back by Father of the Nation, Mahatma Gandhi. Indian finally managed to throw out British in 1947 and India got its independence. But there was a price to pay in form of formation of Pakistan as a separate country. Jawaharlal Nehru became first prime minister of Independent India and Indian constitution came into effect on historical day of 26th January 1950. Indian Modern History is full of amazing and brave chapters shown by Indian leaders.

The history of India dates back to the time when humans as tribals existed. The world was one huge country then, but due to the volcanic eruptions large masses were separated. Over decades of volcanoes surfacing, the plates of the earth separated themselves forming 5 huge masses what we today call continents.

India lies in the Asian Continent, one of the biggest continents in the world that was invaded by many kings bringing along with them paraphernalia of religion, customs and traditions. History of ancient India can be visible through the Mohanjadaro and Harappa ruins. The Aryans that invaded through the north happened during the vedic periods. It is during this time that Hinduism was born and spread.

The history of Buddhism in India began with king Ashoka. He spread Buddhism and it was during his reign that maximum numbers were converted to Buddhism. So strong was the influence that it spread outside the country to other parts of the Asian continent.

Islam entered somewhere in the eighth century with kings like Lodhis, Tughlaqs and most powerful of them all – the Mughal empire. They were in power for many generations and thus spread Islam as far and wide as they could.

Wars were an integral part of life in ancient India. So if not within the country outsiders were always invading our country. It began with the Dutch, followed by the French and the Portuguese and ultimately by the British.

The English won over many parts on India at major battles of Panipat, Plassey and Panipat. They spread their reign from the north of the country to the south, from the east to the west. The British East India company was formed and the English squeezed out as much as they could from the Indian soil during their reign that lasted for over a century.

Indian history has been imprinted by blood stains of the freedom fighters, marksmen of the Shivaji and Mughal era and an influx of various cultures and traditions.