2. India is a vast south asian country with deserve terrine
-From Himalayan peaks to indian ocean costal line-
And reaching history of 5 millennia (5000 years).
3. HISTORY OF INDIA : History of India includes the prehistoric settlements and societies in
the Indian subcontinents; the advancement of civilization from the Indus valley civilization to the
eventual blending of the Indo-Aryan culture to form the Vedic civilization; the development of
Hinduism as a synthesis of various Indian cultures and traditions; the rise of the Sramana
movement; the decline of Srauta sacrifices and the birth of the initiatory traditions of Jainism,
Buddhism, Shaivism, Vaishnavism and Shaktism; the onset of a succession of powerful dynasties
and empires for more than two millennia
4. Throughout various geographic areas of the sub continent,
including the growth of nomadic Central Asian Muslim dominions
during the Medieval period intertwined with Hindu powers; the
advent of European traders resulting in the establishment of the
British rule, and the subsequent independence movement that led
to the Partition of India and the creation of the REPUBLIC OF
INDIA .
5. INDIA lies on the Indian Plate,
the northern portion of the Indo-Australian Plate,
whose continental crust forms the Indiansubcontinent.
The country is situated north of the equatorbetween 8 °4' to 37°6' north latitude and 68°7' to 97
°25' eastlongitude. It is the seventh-largest country in the world, with atotal area of 3,287,263
square kilometres (1,269,219 sq mi).India measures 3,214 km (1,997 mi) from north to south
and2,933 km (1,822 mi) from east to west. It has a land frontier of15,200 km (9,445 mi) and a
coastline of 7,516.6 km (4,671 mi).