Cultural Portraits of India

Camels at Sunset

	Camels and rider are silhouetted against the sunset on the dunes of the Thar desert in western Rajasthan. Conditions here approach those of the Sahara. In 1540, the Mughal Emperor Humayun fled across the Thar into Sindh (present day Pakistan). During that journey his son Akbar the Great was born. Sam, Western Rajasthan Prev \| Thumbnails \| Next
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