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Jul 6, 2023 · Outline Map. Key Facts. Flag. India, located in Southern Asia, covers a total land area of about 3,287,263 sq. km (1,269,219 sq. mi). It is the 7th largest country by area and the 2nd most populated country in the world. To the north, India borders Afghanistan and Pakistan, while China, Nepal, and Bhutan sit to its north and northeast.
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Indian subcontinent, subregion of Asia, consisting at least of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Afghanistan, Bhutan, Nepal, and other areas may also be included in some uses of the term, which is frequently, but not always, interchangeable with the term South Asia.
The region was called simply “India” in many historical sources, which used the term to refer broadly to the regions surrounding and southeast of the Indus River. Many historians continue to use the term India to refer to the whole of the Indian subcontinent in discussions of history up until the era of the British raj (1858–1947), when “India” came to refer to a distinct political entity that later became a nation-state in its own right. The term “Indian subcontinent” thus provides a distinction between the geographic region once broadly called India and the modern country named India. The Indian subcontinent is among the most densely populated areas on Earth; it is home to some 1.8 billion people.
The Indian subcontinent is geologically bounded by the Himalayas to the north and by the Indian Ocean to the south. It is characterized by a north-south divide between the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the north, which includes the Indus, Ganges (Ganga), and Brahmaputra river systems, and the Deccan plateau in the south, whose major river systems include the Mahanadi, Godavari, Krishna, and Kaveri rivers.
The subcontinent’s geography gives it the world’s most pronounced monsoon climate (see Indian monsoon). The seasonal change in wind direction leads to high atmospheric instability with the onset of the summer monsoon, typically in June, when warm moist air from the Indian Ocean blows in from the southwest. By October the wind direction reverses and brings cooler air from the northeast, but both the intensity and moisture of the winter monsoon are deflected by the Himalayas. The result is a mostly dry season.
The subcontinent enjoys a rich history as one of the earliest and most extensive centres of civilization (see Indus civilization). With the spread of new military technologies in the Central Asian Steppe, the language and culture of Indo-European tribes spread southward in the 2nd millennium bce and began to overtake the earlier customs of the subcontinent. Vedic literature, composed in Sanskrit, was one of the early products of the incoming culture. Its influence persists today in Hinduism, and the northern populations of the subcontinent continue to speak some variety of Indo-European languages, including Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, and Marathi.
The subcontinent first became a political unit under the rule of the Mauryan dynasty (321–185 bce), whose empire, at its peak, stretched from the southern portions of modern Afghanistan to much of Karnataka state. During this period, the extensive cultural exchange throughout the subcontinent allowed it to be inundated with some of the common symbols and ideas that continue to characterize the subcontinent into the modern age.
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That the Mauryan dynasty later disintegrated reflects the difficulty of bridging such a vast and diverse territory, however, and the subcontinent did not again achieve any semblance of unity until the rise of the Guptas in the 4th century ce. Many of the cultural and intellectual achievements of classical South Asian art developed under Gupta patronage, but the empire’s reach remained confined to the northern parts of the subcontinent.
Until the Mauryans, South India remained largely untouched by Indo-European cultures and has remained a bastion of Dravidian peoples into the present day. Tamilakam, the abode of the Tamils, consisted of the Pandya dynasty (in Madurai), the Chera dynasty (on the Malabar Coast), and the Chola dynasty (in Thanjavur and the Kaveri valley). The sangam literature of the early Common Era attests to a strong academic milieu and a flourishing production of culture in southern India.
Oct 30, 2023 · If you're inspecting maps of India, you may have some queries about the region. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions, along with their answers. Where Is India on the Atlas? India is located in South Asia, with its coordinates being 20° N latitude and 77° E longitude. It borders Pakistan, China, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal, and ...
Mar 5, 2024 · Countries; Cities; U.S. Map; U.S. States; ... India location on the Asia map Click to see large. Description: This map shows where India is located on the Asia map.
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Jan 18, 2023 · India’s political map shows in detail the states, and capital cities as well as the bordering countries of India. India is located in Southern Asia with the Bay of Bengal on its eastern side and the Arabian Sea on its western side. It is located on the geographical coordinates of 20º North and 77º East latitude and longitude, respectively.
