Rajasthan (Lonely Planet Country Guides)

by Michelle Coxall (Author), Monique Choy (Editor), Sarina Singh (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $3.27

  This volume is full of helpful advice on what to see, where to go, local customs, where to stay and other useful hints for the traveller in Rajasthan.

• Used

  Paperback
  2008

  $3.27

  this is more than a regional guide, and much more than a capital city guide: an exhaustive journey through India's most famed and romantic region detailed itinerary maps guide you around the main sights and highlights of Rajasthan, Delhi and Agra there's much more to draw the reader in and excite them about their trip this guide has only indirect competition. It doesn't just focus on the main attractions but covers out-of-the-way destinations better than competitor guides - it really is the guide to the great northwest Shah Jahan, the Mughal emperor who created the Taj Mahal for his wife, originally planned to build a nearly identical structure across the Yamuna, but out of black marble. His loony son, Aurangzeb, imprisoned him before he had the chance to build this Black Taj Rajasthan is comprised of nine princely states that predated the British Empire but were allowed to continue with the Queen's indulgence camels are nasty animals that can spit long distances