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So you want to learn about India eh? You have come to the right place
to start learning about the Great country with its rich and varied culture.
With its mysterious past and beautiful landscape there is no other country
like India in the world. India is what would be aptly described by the
starting words of Charles Dickens in `The Tale of Two Cities’:
`It was the
best of times, it was the worst of times,
it was the age of
wisdom, it was the age of foolishness,
it was the epoch
of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity,
it was the season
of light, it was the season of darkness,
it was the spring
of hope, it was the winter of despair,
we had everything
before us, we had nothing before us’
-- Charles Dickens
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India is a country full of such paradoxes. Be it economic stratas in
the society, culture, climate or the terrain. Yes Sir, a nation of contradictions,
that is India.
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Geographically India is located at the foot of the Great Himalayas
in Southern Asia bordering the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal between
8.4 and 37.6 degrees north latitude and 68.7 and 97.25 degrees east
longitude.
India has a total area of 3,287,590 sq km [Land:
2,973,190 sq km, Water: 314,400 sq km] making
it slightly larger than 1/3rd the size of US. India has Approx. 7000
Km of coastline and 14,103 Km of land boundaries.
The Indian climate varies from tropical monsoon in south to temperate
in north to the snow covered peaks of the Himalaya mountains. The terrain
also varies greatly with upland plain (Deccan Plateau) in south, flat to
rolling plain along the Ganges, deserts in west and Himalayas (Mountains)
in north.
Natural resources: coal (fourth-largest reserves in the world), iron
ore, manganese, mica, bauxite, titanium ore, chromite, natural gas, diamonds,
petroleum and limestone.
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I have divided this section of my site into various subsections. Please
use the links below to browse a specific section of the site:
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Visit the following sites for more infomation about India and its culture:
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If you think that any of the infomation in this section is incorrect
or you would like to suggest some changes/updates please contact me. If
you have a site which is related to India and would like to add a link
to it on this page, please contact me.
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