Tushar's Trip to Gujarat, India

Photo album link for Lothal  Lothal is  one of the most fascinating  remains  of  an  ancient  port city from the  Indus civilization (  3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1900 BCE) .  The place    was discovered   in 1958  Dr. Rao from the  archaeological  society of India.  Lothal is    the  exhibit- A   of the  existence of    life  and advanced  civilization thriving  in Gujarat  in prehistoric or geologic times  ..  The place is only 80 KM form  Ahmadabad. Lothal is one   the oldest man-made structure and city  on the planet.  Per   Wikipedia's list of the oldest  man-made  structures ,  only two structures pre-dates that. (The wiki list of the oldest man-made structures is not updated with the   new archaeological find in the Orkney Islands off the northern tip of Scotland ...

I  am neither  a history  buff  nor  a travel  buff.   However  I  always find myself enticed most  by both of them.   It is  said, heritage is the  essential part if the present we live in; and of the future we  built.  I  marvel at the immense  repository  of  history through five millenniums, cultures and  traditions,  religions diversity and  knowledge. History in Indian subcontinent  is  invariably associated  with the  parallel track of  history through mythology. Gujarat is the place of power of Lord Krishna who  ruled his kingdom from the port city  of  Dwarka.  Gujarat is also the birth place of  father of the nation of  India, Mahatma Gandhi and  of Pakistan   Muhammad Ali Jinnah ( along with mine   ) along with some of the most leading entrepreneurs  of India li...