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The 88 km Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Reaches 2,258 Metres on a 2 ft Track Through Six Zigzag Reverses and Three Loops, and UNESCO Listed It in 1999

Hampi Has More Than 1,600 Surviving Remains on 4,187 Hectares, and Here Are the Hours, Fees and Routes the Official Pages Give for Seeing Them

The 96 km Kalka-Shimla Railway Climbs More Than 1,400 Metres on a 2 ft 6 in Track, and Its Tunnel and Bridge Counts Differ by Source

The 46 km Nilgiri Mountain Railway Climbs 1,877 Metres and Needs a Toothed Rail for Its Steepest Stretch

The Valley of Flowers Is 87.5 Square Kilometres, Only a Fifth of It Meadow, and Its 2026 Season Runs Until 31 October

Ancient & Medieval India

Sir John Marshall Dug Taxila From 1913 to 1934 and Found Three Cities but No Lecture Hall, While the Jatakas Have a Prince Arriving With a Teacher's Fee of 1,000 Pieces

Ancient & Medieval India

Nalanda Housed Thousands of Monks on Endowed Village Revenue, and a Tibetan Pilgrim Found Classes Still Running There in 1235

Ancient & Medieval India

Dholavira Held Its Rain in at Least 16 Reservoirs Cut Into Rock, and in 2021 Became India's 40th World Heritage Site