South Africa

         South Africa

Steven Pinker’s Photos of South Africa                  mountains near Oudtshoorn road to dunes at De Hoop valley near Schoemanspoortvineyard near Oudtshoorn wind-torn waves Addo vista with elephant African Bluebilled Firefinch African Oystercatcher African montane forest African vista with hartebeest and termite mounds Brown-Veined White butterflyBurchell’s zebra Cape Agulhas lighthouse Cape Point Cape Point Beach w new lighthouse De Hoop bontebokGordon’s Bay Lion’s Head with LNG tankerMonkey Valley Lodge Table Mountain w tablecloth The Sentinal Hout BayWitsand beachbaboons watching rainbow at Cape of Good Hope beach at Nordhoekbeautiful Africa cloud pouring over Table Mountaincottages at De Hoop Nature Reserve dead tree at Camp Figtree dunes at De Hoopgrazing bontebok at De Hoop gum trees 

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OF WATERWAYS SURROUNDING
IN HOLLAND EUROPE
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LIVING IN A QUIET RICH VILLAGE?
OF WATERWAYS SURROUNDING 

Forts in Maharashtra

Nowhere in the country would you encounter such a profusion of forts. And such variety. Sited on an island, as at Murud-Janjira or guarding the seas as at Bassein, or among the Sahyadri hills, as at Raigad, whose zig-zag walls and rounded bastions sit like a sceptre and crown amidst hills turned mauve.

Most of the forts in Maharashtra whether up in the hills or near the seas are associated with Shivaji --the great Maratha warrior and an equally great fort builder. Moreover, these forts were treated as mini-cities, such as Panhala, which is now a hill station. The concept of the fort-city was, however, not peculiar to Shivaji alone. The Portuguese who came to India as traders and missionaries, built within a century of their coming, Bassein, a garden city to rival many a European capital.

Pratapgarh

samadhi of Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj

Sinhagad Fort

Alibaug

Rajgad

Raje

ShivSamadhi

purandar

Pratapgad

Lohgad

Janjira

Arnala