India-the land that evokes flights of imagination and curiosity, a canvas of spectacle and colour, Ruled by a succession of native kingdoms and often overrun and inhabited by invading armies of Central Asian origin, followed by the Mughals and finally the British, the transformation has been never-ending. The results are profoundly and visibly etched in today’s milieu. A profusion of races and cultures, and the magnitude of their legacies, are evident today.

This extroverted journey takes the traveller along a richly historic route, full of lore and splendour, punctuated by photographic attractions, and features varied sightseeing and sojourns in historic places.