Geography
One-third the area of the United States, the
Republic of India occupies most of the subcontinent of India in southern
Asia. It borders on China in the northeast. Other neighbors are Pakistan
on the west, Nepal and Bhutan on the north, and Burma and Bangladesh on
the east.
The country can be divided into three distinct
geographic regions: the Himalayan region in the north, which contains some
of the highest mountains in the world, the Gangetic Plain, and the plateau
region in the south and central part. Its three great river
systems—the Ganges, the Indus, and the Brahmaputra—have
extensive deltas and all rise in the Himalayas.
Government
Federal republic.
History
One of the earliest civilizations, the Indus
Valley civilization flourished on the Indian subcontinent from c. 2600
B.C.
to c. 2000
B.C.
It is generally accepted that the Aryans entered India c. 1500
B.C.
from the northwest, finding a land that was
already home to an advanced civilization. They introduced Sanskrit and the
Vedic religion, a forerunner of Hinduism. Buddhism was founded in the 6th
century
B.C.
and was spread throughout northern
India, most notably by one of the great ancient kings of the Mauryan
dynasty, Asoka (c. 269–232
B.C.
), who
also unified most of the Indian subcontinent for the first time.
In 1526, Muslim invaders founded the great Mogul
Empire, centered on Delhi, which lasted, at least in name, until 1857.
Akbar the Great (1542–1605) strengthened and consolidated this
empire. The long reign of his great-grandson, Aurangzeb (1618–1707),
represents both the greatest extent of the Mogul Empire and the beginning
of its decay.
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