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Bayana: India's Forgotten Capital

The Hampi of the North

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The Citadel of Bayana Fort

"Bayana, were it not for its shortage of water, might have been the capital of India."

So begins Mehrdad Shokoohy's book on Bayana, one of the great forgotten cities of India, just half an hour from Bharatpur.

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