© Lonely Planet Publications 410 Index 1857 Indian Uprising 36 Akbar 32-3 bargaining 364 ABBREVIATIONS Akbar’s Mausoleum 136 Barmer 337-8 A ACT Australian Capital Akbar’s Palace 203 Barmer Thar Festival 301 Territory Abhaneri 181-2 Ala-ud-din Khilji 30 Baroli 232-3 NSW New South Wales Abu Road 272 alcohol 69-70 bars 70-1, see also individual NT Northern Territory accommodation 350-3, see also Alexander the Great 28 locations Qld Queensland individual locations Alwar 194-7, 195 Bassi 235-6 SA South Australia luxury venues 20 Amar Sagar 335 bathrooms 352, 367 Tas Tasmania Achalgarh 271 Amber 176-9, 12 bazaars, see also individual locations Vic Victoria acrobatics 49 amoebic dysentery 391 Agra 140 WA Western Australia activities 353-4, see also individual animals 76-80, see also individual Delhi 119-20 activities, locations species Jaipur 173 Agnivanshi race 29 books 77, 79 Udaipur 256 Agra 31, 36, 130-44, 132, 137 itineraries 26 bears 78 accommodation 137-9 poaching 79 protection of 142 activities 133-7 preservation of 79, 142, 179 Bhainsrodgarh 233 attractions 133-7 welfare of 83 bhang 360 drinking 139-40 antelopes 77 Bhangarh 199 emergency services 131 architecture 51-2, 61 Bharatpur 186-8, 187 festivals 131 art galleries, see museums Bhatti people 29 food 139-40 arts 49-52, 61-3, see also individual Bhenswara 315-16 history 131 arts Bhil people 27, 45, 54 INDEX internet access 131 courses 355 bicycle travel, see cycling medical services 131 crafts 53-60, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, Bijolia 235 money 133 58, 59, 60 Bikaner 338-47, 340-1, 11 postal services 133 itineraries 25 accommodation 343-5 scams 133 Aryabhatta 28 attractions 339-43 shopping 140 Ashoka 28 food 345-6 Taj Ganj 137 astrology courses 163, 306, 355 history 338-9 Taj Mahal 33, 133-5, 5 ATMs 362-3 money 339 tourist information 133 Aurangzeb 34, 96, 135, 149, 201 postal services 339 tours 137 autorickshaws 381 shopping 346 travel to/from 140-1 Ayurveda 161, 248, 353 tourist information 339 travel within 141 courses 355 tours 343 Agra Fort 135-6, 135 travel to/from 347 Ahar 248 B travel within 347 AIDS 42 Babur 31-2, 33 Bikaner Camel Festival 301 air pollution 391 Bada Bagh 335 birds 78-9 air travel Baggar 288 cranes 318 air fares 374-6 Bagru 180 itineraries 26 airlines 373-4, 376 Bahram Shah 30 bird-watching 353 airports 373 baksheesh 44, 364 Keoladeo Ghana National Park 190 to/from India 373-6 Balaji 182 Bishnoi people 45, 314, 315 within India 376 Balsamand Lake 313 Bishnoi villages 314 Ajmer 200-5, 202 Bambora 262 Bissau 288-9 Akal Wood Fossil Park 27, 337 Baneshwar 264 block printing 58, 180, 58 Baneshwar Fair 224, 264 Anokhi Museum of 000 Map pages bangles 56, 53, 56 Handprinting 178 000 Photograph pages baoris 61, 225, 260 courses 163 Barefoot College 207 boating 353 Index (B-D) 411 Bollywood 51 Chittor, see Chittorgarh dangers 356-7 books 19-21, see also literature Chittorgarh 236-9, 237 food 72, 391 elephants 77 Churu 297 hitching 380 food 66, 71 chutneys 67 women travellers 372 health 388 cinema 50-1 dargah of Khwaja Muin-ud-din Hinduism 28, 48 City Palace (Alwar) 194-5 Chishti 201 history 34, 35, 38 City Palace (Jaipur) 154-6, Darrah Wildlife Sanctuary 232 literature 48 154 death 43 Shekhawati 275 City Palace (Udaipur) 244-7 Deeg 193-4 tigers 79 City Palace & Fort (Kota) 229-30 deep vein thrombosis 388 wildlife 77 climate 17-18, 354 deforestation 83-4 wildlife sanctuaries 80 climate change 374 Delhi 88-128, 92-3, 97, 100, 102-3, Brahma 46, 210 coffee 68-9 110 Brahma Kumaris Spiritual University Connaught Place 99, 101, 100 accommodation 109-13 267 conservation 84-6 activities 107-8 Brahmin caste 29 havelis 276 attractions 96-107 bread 64-5 Jaisalmer Fort 324 bookshops 90 British Empire 34-6 consulates, see embassies Chandni Chowk 98 Buddhist caves 235 cooking Connaught Place 99, 101, 100 Bundi 223-8, 226 books 66 courses 108 Bundi Palace 225, 8 courses 73, 249-50 drinking 117-18 bus travel 378-9 costs 19, see also inside front cover eight cities of 89 business hours 354, see also inside accommodation 352-3 entertainment 118 front cover admission fees 19 festivals 99 bus travel 379 food 113-17 INDEX C train travel 384 history 89-90 camel safaris 368, 8 courses 354-6, see also individual internet access 91 Bikaner 343 locations Lal Qila 96-8 Jaisalmer 330-1 arts & crafts 355 markets 119-20 Khuri 337 astrology 163, 306, 355 medical services 91 Osiyan 317 Ayurveda 355 metro 125, 124 Pushkar 210-11 block-printing 163 money 91 Sam Sand Dunes 336 cooking 73, 249-50 New Delhi 36, 101-7, 102-3 camels 15 dance 163-4, 355-6 Old Delhi 96-8, 97 Bikaner Camel Festival 301 language 355 Paharganj 110 Nagaur Fair 301 meditation 108, 163, 355 postal services 94 National Research Centre on music 163-4, 210, 250, 355-6 Rajpath 101, 104 Camels 347 painting 250 Red Fort 96-8 Pushkar Camel Fair 185, 209, pottery 163 scams 95-6 11 yoga 108, 164, 210, 250, 355 shopping 118-21 camping 351, see also individual cows 79 telephone services 94 locations crafts, see arts tourist information 94 car travel 379-80 cranes 318 tours 109 road distances chart 378 credit cards 363 travel to/from 121-2 carpets 59, 59 cricket 49 travel with children 108 caste system 45-7 culture 39-52, 61-3 travel within 122-6 cell phones 366-7 customs regulations 356 volunteering 370-1 cenotaphs 61 cycle-rickshaws 381 dengue 389 Chandrabhaga Fair 224 cycling 353, 377-8 Desert National Park & Sanctuary 336 Chandravanshi race 29 desertification 81-2 Chauhan dynasty 29-30 D Deshnok 349 chhatris 61 dairy products 67 desserts 67-8 children, travel with 354 Dalhanpur 235 Devi Kund 347 in Delhi 108 dance 62-3, 54 dhal 65 food 71-2 courses 163-4, 355-6 Dhawa Doli Wildlife Sanctuary 316 412 Index (D-G) Dhola Maru 292 Brij Festival 185 forts 52-61, see also palaces dhurries 59, 59 Bundi Utsav 224 accommodation 352 diarrhoea 391 Chandrabhaga Fair 224 Agra Fort 135-6, 135 digital photography 364 Delhi 99 Ahhichatragarh 316 disabilities, travellers with 369 Delhi Flower Show 99 Amber Fort 178, 12 divorce 42 Diwali 360 Bala Qila (Alwar) 277 Diwali 360 Dussehra 224 Bala Qila (Nawalgarh) 194 donkeys 79 Elephant Festival 148, 7, 54 Bhainsrodgarh 233 drinks 68-70 Fatehpur Sikri 131 Chittorgarh 238-9 bars 70-1 food 70 City Palace & Fort (Kota) dangers 356 Gandhi Jayanti 359 229-30 driving, see car travel Ganesha Chaturthi 185 Dundlod Fort 282-3, 284 drought 80-1 Gangaur 148, 224, 9 Fort Dhariyawad 263 drugs 362 Ghans Bheru Festival 224 Fort of Manohar Thana 235 bhang 360 Holi 224, 357 Gagron Fort 235 dangers 356-7 Independence Day 99 itineraries 26 Dundlod 282-4 Jaipur 148 Jaisalmer Fort 324, 325, 6 Dungarpur 263-4 Jaipur Heritage International Jhalawar Fort 233 Dussehra 224 Festival 148 Junagarh 339, 341 Jaisalmer Desert Festival 301 Kankwari Fort 198 E Jambeshwar Fair 301 Khejarla 316 economy 43 Kaila Devi 185 Khimsar 316 education 40 Kailash Fair 131 Kumbalgarh 259 Eid al-Fitr 131 Kajli Teej 224 Lal Qila 96-8 Eklingji 257-8 Karni Mata Fair 301 Mandalgarh 235 Elephant Festival 148, 7, 54 Kolayat Fair 301 Mehrangarh 5, 304, 5 elephants 7, 12 Makar Sankranti 148 Neemrana Fort Palace 197-8 INDEX books 77 Mallinath Fair 301 Pokaran Fort 320 protection of 179 Mango Festival 99 Ranthambhore Fort 216 embassies 357-8 Marwar Festival 301 Red Fort 96-8 embroidery 59, 58 Mewar Festival 224 Taragarh 225 emergencies, see also inside front Nagaur Fair 301 foxes 77 cover Pushkar Camel Fair 185, 209, 11 fruit 66-7 language 395 Qutb Festival 99 enamelwork 56 Ramdevra Fair 301 G environment 20, 76-86 Republic Day 99 Gadi Sagar 327 environmental hazards 391-3 Shekhawati Festival 275 Gagron Fort 235 events, see festivals Shri Mahavirji Fair 185 Gajner Wildlife Sanctuary 347 exchange rates, see inside front cover Taj Mahotsav 131 Galiakot 264 Teej 148 galleries, see museums F Urs, the 185 Gandhi, Indira 37, 38, 98 Fatehpur 291-4, 293 Firoz Shah Kotla 31, 99, 101 Indira Gandhi Memorial Museum Fatehpur Sikri 142-4, 143, 10 First Battle of Panipat 31 105-6 festivals 7, 18, 20, 358-60, 361 First War of Independence 35, 36 Gandhi, Mahatma 36-7 Agra 131 food 64-75, see also individual Gandhi Jayanti 359 Alwar Utsav 185 locations Gandhi Memorial Museum Baneshwar Fair 224, 264 books 66, 71 98 Barmer Thar Festival 301 for children 71-2 Raj Ghat 98, 11 Beating of the Retreat 99 cooking courses 73, 249-50 Gandhi, Rajiv 37, 98 Bikaner Camel Festival 301 customs 72-3 Gandhi, Sonia 37 Bissau Festival 275 dangers 72, 356, 391 Ganesh 46 festivals 70 Gangaur 148, 224, 9 000 Map pages language 73-5 Gaumukh Temple 272 000 Photograph pages restaurants 70 gay people in India 41-2 street food 71, 72 gay travellers 360 Index (G-J) 413 Gayatri Devi 158 history 27-38, see also individual internet access 361, see also gazelles 77 locations individual locations gems 56 1857 Indian Uprising 36 internet resources 21 scams 151, 154, 357 books 34, 35, 38 health 388 geography 76 British Empire 34-6 history 28 gerbils, desert 77 formation of Rajasthan state Islam 30-1, 47-8 Ghanerao 262 37-8 Itimad-ud-Daulah 33, 136 Ghans Bheru Festival 224 Gupta dynasty 28, 29 itineraries 22-6 ghats Independence 36-7 Pushkar 210 Indus Valley civilisation 27 J Raj Ghat 98, 11 internet resources 28 jackals 77 giardiasis 391 Jat dynasty 34 Jagmandir Island 244 gods & goddesses 46, 47 Mamluk dynasty 31 Jagniwas Island 244 golf 353 Maratha dynasty 34, 35 Jai Singh II 148-9 Delhi 107 Mauryan empire 28 Jaigarh 179-80 Jaipur 161 Mughal dynasty 31-4 Jainism 49 Jodhpur 306 Muslim crusaders 30-1 Jain temples 180, 234, 265, Guhil 32 Partition 36-7 326, 342 Gupta dynasty 28, 29 Rajput clans 28-30, 31, 37-8