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India Profile
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Indian subcontinent lies in South Asia, nestled by the Himalayan Mountain
range in the North and and the Indian and Arabian Ocean in the east and
the west. Neighboring countries are China, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and
Srilanka. Indian is well known for it topological variation as well as the
cultural diversity. There are large mountain ranges in the North,
plain fertile land in the middle, desert in the west and plateaus and
tropical rain forest in the South. With 1 billion population India is the 2nd largest populous country in the world after China. Religion plays a very important role in Indian culture. Indian speaks 17 languages and there are 844 dialects, however they still manage to make a common language called HINDI. Hindu is the most popular religion serving 80% of the population. The civilization that laid the bricks of India, one of the world's oldest, was known as the Indus. Indian history goes way back to 3200 BC with the advent of Hinduism. The first group of people that invaded India were the Aryans in 1500 BC, followed by Persian kings in 500 BC and then by Alexander the great in 326 BC. Arab then came to India and created their empire followed by French, Spanish and British colonies. Thus India is a country with lot of tradition and lot of diversified cultures tucked in by different groups of people.
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Sources:
"Maps courtesy of www.theodora.com/maps, used with permission."
http://hulk.bu.edu/misc/india/
http://www.indianembassy.org/indiainfo/
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