Insight Guides From Insight Guides, world leaders in visual travel guides, with the Discovery Channel, the premier source of nonfiction entertainment. This book provides everything you"ll ever need in a guidebook. It is an inspiring background read, an invaluable оn-the-epot companion and a superb souvenir of your visit. Evocative photography: Insight Guides are renowned for their great pictures, which vividly convey a sense of everyday life. Illuminating text: Expert writers bring to life South India"s history, culture, flora and fauna and, above all, the people. Incisive evaluations: From busy Chennai to the Keralan backwaters, from the splendors of Hyderabad to the atmospheric ruins of Hampi, it"s all here. Detailed, cross-referenced maps: All sites are clearly highlighted and numbered in relation to the text.