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Judging by the grandness and length of this wall, you could be forgiven for thinking that it's in China, but this is the Great Wall of India.
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The Kumbhalgarh Wall is located in Rajasthan, roughly a 10-hour drive from New Delhi.
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Its remoteness has caused this stunning location to be relatively unknown, even to locals.
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The wall is made of thousands of stone bricks with artistic flourishes on top.
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It has seven gateways and took over a century to construct.
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It was a place of refuge in times of danger.
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The wall snakes through valleys and along mountaintops.
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After the Great Wall of China, it is the second longest continuous wall in the world.
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It is 22 miles in length and surrounds the fort of over 300 ancient temples that were believed to have been built in the fifteenth century.
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In 2013, it was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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A majority of the wall sits high, serving as a lookout and giving incredible views of the surrounding mountains and farmlands, unlike anywhere else in India.
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