Uttar Pradesh at the heartland of India is one of the most historically significant states of the country. It is claimed that the history of Uttar Pradesh is the history of India- this state has dominated the culture, religious and history of the country like no other state.
Most cities and towns in Uttar Pradesh have a hoary past and one comes across many impressive monuments and ruins all over the state. Some of Hinduism's most venerated sites are in Uttar Pradesh while the major events in Gautam Buddha's life also occurred in this state of sites like Sarnath and Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh also has to many important sites of the Mughal Empire, including Agra, the capital of the empire under some of the Mughal emperors.
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