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• World’s second most populous nation 
• Seventh largest in area, 3,000 km wide 
• Shoreline of about 7,000 km 
• India and Bharat are both official names. 
(1,200,000,000 population)
FACTS: 
• Early settlers called their land “Bharat 
Varsha” or “Bharat”. 
• During medieval times, it was known as 
“Hind.”
FACTS: 
• Earliest Indian civilization grew up in 
the Indus Valley from 4000 to 2500 
BC. 
• 1500 BC --- Aryan invaders entered 
India. 
• Hinduism and the Caste system were 
the foundations of the Indian society.
C 
A 
S 
T 
E 
S 
y 
s 
t 
e 
m
Strive to 
know the 
truth 
BUDDHISM 
Resolve to 
resist evil. 
Say nothing 
to hurt 
others. 
Respect life, 
morality, 
and 
property. 
Engage in a 
job that does 
not injure 
others. 
Practice 
proper forms 
of 
concentration 
Strive to free 
their mind of 
evil. 
Control their 
feelings and 
thoughts.
Main 
topographic 
regions 
Himalayan 
Mountain 
System 
Northern 
Plains 
Peninsular 
India
HIMALAYAS 
-Form parts of India’s borders 
• WEST --- Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tibet 
• EAST --- Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet 
• Topographically complex and divided into 
prominent elongated valleys and 
mountain ranges 
• Highest mountain --- Karakoram Range
NORTHERN PLAINS 
• Part of a vast lowland extending across the 
subcontinent from Pakistan in the west to 
Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) in the 
east 
• Bordered on the north by foothills of the 
Himalayas, south of the Bramaputra basin, 
south of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, east of the 
Brahmaputra, and in the rest of India by the 
Ganges.
LANGUAGES 
• More than 200 languages are spoken 
• Linguistic diversity provides an important key 
to understanding Indian civilization. 
• Most important are the Indo-Arab branch of 
the Indo-European group and the Dravidian 
language group.
• 4th most widely 
spoken 
language in the 
world 
• Language of 
30% of the 
population 
HINDI 
(official 
language)
HINDUISM 
BUDDHISM 
JAINISM 
SIKHISM
GREAT PEOPLE : 
MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI 
• Leader of the Indian Nationalist movement 
• Known as Mahatma (great soul) 
• Pioneered on civil disobedience or the 
philosophy of nonviolent confrontation 
• Born on October 2, 1869, Porbandar
FACTS: 
• Mostly written in Sanskrit 
(oldest extant Aryan language) 
• A small portion was written in 
Prakrit (vernacular form of 
Sanskrit)
PERIODS OF LITERATURE 
VEDIC 
• 1500 BC-200BC 
• Principally religious 
and lyric 
SANSKRIT 
• 200 BC-present 
• Many types of literature 
achieved distinction
RELIGIOUS WORKS 
• Oldest sacred literature is 
found in the four Vedas.
RIG VEDA 
SAMA VEDA 
ATHARVA VEDA 
YAJUR VEDA
• RIG VEDA --- an anthology of 1028 hymns 
to various gods 
• SAMA VEDA --- (Book of Chants) liturgies, 
mostly repetitions of hymns in the Rig 
Veda 
• ATHARVA VEDA --- (Prayer Book) 
additional many prose formulas 
• YAJUR VEDA --- (Book of Spells) 
incantations, notions about demonology 
and witchcraft
PROSE 
• Commentaries on the Vedic 
hymns BRAHMANAS 
• Collection of 108 discourses 
on the Brahman religion UPANISHADS 
• Often unintelligible treatises 
concerning rituals SUTRAS
EPICS 
• Mahabharata --- written by Vyasa 
• Longest poem in the world 
• About 200,000 lines, nearly 8 times as 
long as the Iliad and the Odyssey 
• Greatest epic of India 
• Circa 500 BC
EPICS 
• Ramayana --- written by Valmiki 
• Circa 500 BC to 200 AD 
• About 96,000 lines, in seven 
books
DRAMAS 
• The Toy Clay Cart --- attributed to King 
Sundra; has three acts; a courtesan saves 
the life of a merchant because of his 
former kindness and generosity 
• Sakuntala or the Fatal Ring --- attributed 
to Kalidasa (the Hindu Shakespeare)
TALES 
• The Jatakas --- imaginative legends concerning 
the 550 births of Buddha and his early life 
• The Panchanatantra --- (Five Books); probably 
intended as a manual of instruction for kings’ 
sons 
• The Hitopdesa --- (Book of Good Counsels), 
forty-three tales 
• The Sukasaptati --- (Seventy Stories of a 
Parrot) fairy tales
POETS 
• Kalidasa --- leading lyricist famous for 
a large number of poems of 
sentiment; India’s foremost Sanskrit 
dramatist and poet 
• Javadeva --- author of the 
Gitagovinda (love-making of Krishna)
• Rabindranath Tagore --- Nobel 
Prize for Literature in 1913 
• Famous collection--- Song 
Offerings (Gitanjali) 
• Wrote 3,000 poems, 2,000 songs, 
8 novels, 40 volume essays and 
short stories, and 50 plays
Thank you…

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India

  • 1.
  • 2. • World’s second most populous nation • Seventh largest in area, 3,000 km wide • Shoreline of about 7,000 km • India and Bharat are both official names. (1,200,000,000 population)
  • 3.
  • 4.
  • 5. FACTS: • Early settlers called their land “Bharat Varsha” or “Bharat”. • During medieval times, it was known as “Hind.”
  • 6. FACTS: • Earliest Indian civilization grew up in the Indus Valley from 4000 to 2500 BC. • 1500 BC --- Aryan invaders entered India. • Hinduism and the Caste system were the foundations of the Indian society.
  • 7. C A S T E S y s t e m
  • 8. Strive to know the truth BUDDHISM Resolve to resist evil. Say nothing to hurt others. Respect life, morality, and property. Engage in a job that does not injure others. Practice proper forms of concentration Strive to free their mind of evil. Control their feelings and thoughts.
  • 9. Main topographic regions Himalayan Mountain System Northern Plains Peninsular India
  • 10. HIMALAYAS -Form parts of India’s borders • WEST --- Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tibet • EAST --- Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet • Topographically complex and divided into prominent elongated valleys and mountain ranges • Highest mountain --- Karakoram Range
  • 11. NORTHERN PLAINS • Part of a vast lowland extending across the subcontinent from Pakistan in the west to Bangladesh (formerly East Pakistan) in the east • Bordered on the north by foothills of the Himalayas, south of the Bramaputra basin, south of the Indo-Gangetic Plain, east of the Brahmaputra, and in the rest of India by the Ganges.
  • 12. LANGUAGES • More than 200 languages are spoken • Linguistic diversity provides an important key to understanding Indian civilization. • Most important are the Indo-Arab branch of the Indo-European group and the Dravidian language group.
  • 13. • 4th most widely spoken language in the world • Language of 30% of the population HINDI (official language)
  • 15. GREAT PEOPLE : MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI • Leader of the Indian Nationalist movement • Known as Mahatma (great soul) • Pioneered on civil disobedience or the philosophy of nonviolent confrontation • Born on October 2, 1869, Porbandar
  • 16.
  • 17.
  • 18. FACTS: • Mostly written in Sanskrit (oldest extant Aryan language) • A small portion was written in Prakrit (vernacular form of Sanskrit)
  • 19. PERIODS OF LITERATURE VEDIC • 1500 BC-200BC • Principally religious and lyric SANSKRIT • 200 BC-present • Many types of literature achieved distinction
  • 20. RELIGIOUS WORKS • Oldest sacred literature is found in the four Vedas.
  • 21. RIG VEDA SAMA VEDA ATHARVA VEDA YAJUR VEDA
  • 22. • RIG VEDA --- an anthology of 1028 hymns to various gods • SAMA VEDA --- (Book of Chants) liturgies, mostly repetitions of hymns in the Rig Veda • ATHARVA VEDA --- (Prayer Book) additional many prose formulas • YAJUR VEDA --- (Book of Spells) incantations, notions about demonology and witchcraft
  • 23. PROSE • Commentaries on the Vedic hymns BRAHMANAS • Collection of 108 discourses on the Brahman religion UPANISHADS • Often unintelligible treatises concerning rituals SUTRAS
  • 24. EPICS • Mahabharata --- written by Vyasa • Longest poem in the world • About 200,000 lines, nearly 8 times as long as the Iliad and the Odyssey • Greatest epic of India • Circa 500 BC
  • 25. EPICS • Ramayana --- written by Valmiki • Circa 500 BC to 200 AD • About 96,000 lines, in seven books
  • 26. DRAMAS • The Toy Clay Cart --- attributed to King Sundra; has three acts; a courtesan saves the life of a merchant because of his former kindness and generosity • Sakuntala or the Fatal Ring --- attributed to Kalidasa (the Hindu Shakespeare)
  • 27. TALES • The Jatakas --- imaginative legends concerning the 550 births of Buddha and his early life • The Panchanatantra --- (Five Books); probably intended as a manual of instruction for kings’ sons • The Hitopdesa --- (Book of Good Counsels), forty-three tales • The Sukasaptati --- (Seventy Stories of a Parrot) fairy tales
  • 28. POETS • Kalidasa --- leading lyricist famous for a large number of poems of sentiment; India’s foremost Sanskrit dramatist and poet • Javadeva --- author of the Gitagovinda (love-making of Krishna)
  • 29. • Rabindranath Tagore --- Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 • Famous collection--- Song Offerings (Gitanjali) • Wrote 3,000 poems, 2,000 songs, 8 novels, 40 volume essays and short stories, and 50 plays