The Archive · 1938

Arrival at Amritsar

In daring and winding curves the Toad leads down into the Indian plain, three hours driving time downhill. Passing Lahore, I arrived at Amritsar. The Golden Temple of Amritsar as well as the Taj Mahal in Agra and the river front with its ceremonial bathing in Benares are y ive sights of In-calcutta is a modern city in midst of real Indian life. In the streets flanked by modern buildings one meets natives of all provinces and the trams often have to'stop for a erd of cattle or for only one single bull who has taken up its resting place right in the middle of the street.

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