Have you ever wondered how history often selectively celebrates one person while pushing another into oblivion? This blog is to bring one Mongol princess into the light from the darkness of time, whose name was linked to and overshadowed by more powerful names like Marco Polo and Kublai Khan, but who could easily be a central character of any period if history had not forgotten her.
My travel itinerary is usually filled with tiny hamlets in the lap of a mountain, a serene seaside town, or the dark greens of a dense tropical forest. Sanchi is not any of them, but it offered an unexpected peace that settled deep within. Nestled on a hilltop, Sanchi was a different travel experience for me. This blog is not just about the facts and figures of this world heritage site, but the feeling it evoked in me that day.