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THE GEOGRAPHY OF INDIA
World History 9
St. Anne’s-Belfield
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3.
What does this map tell the reader?
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4.
THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
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THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
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THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
! India makes up most of a vast
subcontinent stretching almost
2,000 miles from North to
South, 1,400 miles from the
Arabian Sea to the Bay of
Bengal
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THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
! India makes up most of a vast
subcontinent stretching almost
2,000 miles from North to
South, 1,400 miles from the
Arabian Sea to the Bay of
Bengal
! In area, the Indian Subcontinent
is about 1/2 the size of the
continental United States.
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8.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
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9.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
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10.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
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11.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
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12.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
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13.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
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14.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
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15.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
•Deccan plateau
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16.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
•Deccan plateau
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17.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
•Deccan plateau
•The coastal rim
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18.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
•Deccan plateau
•The coastal rim
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19.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
•Deccan plateau
•The coastal rim
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20.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
•Deccan plateau
•The coastal rim
Today the sub-continent consists of
the modern nations of Pakistan,
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
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21.
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT
The Indian Subcontinent
has four distinct regions...
•The northern mountains (Himalayas and
Hindu-Kush)
•Indus-Ganges plain (Hindustan)
•Deccan plateau
•The coastal rim
Today the sub-continent consists of
the modern nations of Pakistan,
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
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22.
THE INDUS VALLEY
CIVILIZATION
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23.
THE INDUS VALLEY
CIVILIZATION
• The successful
adaptation to the Indus
Valley environment led
to a sophisticated
culture centered around
two cities- Mohenjo-
Daro and Harappa
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24.
THE INDUS VALLEY
CIVILIZATION
• The successful
adaptation to the Indus
Valley environment led
to a sophisticated
culture centered around
two cities- Mohenjo-
Daro and Harappa
• Excavations of two of
these cities, have
provided most of our
knowledge of this
civilization.
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25.
THE INDUS VALLEY
CIVILIZATION
• The successful
adaptation to the Indus
Valley environment led
to a sophisticated
culture centered around
two cities- Mohenjo-
Daro and Harappa
• Excavations of two of
these cities, have
provided most of our
knowledge of this
civilization.
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26.
THE DISAPPEARANCE
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27.
THE DISAPPEARANCE
! Excavations of Mohenjo-Daro show clearly that decline had set
in about 1800BC and the Indus Valley cities were abandoned
sometime after 1800BCE.
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28.
THE DISAPPEARANCE
! Excavations of Mohenjo-Daro show clearly that decline had set
in about 1800BC and the Indus Valley cities were abandoned
sometime after 1800BCE.
! Archaeologists now they believe that this civilization suffered
“systems failure”- the breakdown of the fragile interrelationship
of the political, social, and economic systems that sustain order
and prosperity.
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29.
THE DISAPPEARANCE
! Excavations of Mohenjo-Daro show clearly that decline had set
in about 1800BC and the Indus Valley cities were abandoned
sometime after 1800BCE.
! Archaeologists now they believe that this civilization suffered
“systems failure”- the breakdown of the fragile interrelationship
of the political, social, and economic systems that sustain order
and prosperity.
! The precipitating cause may have been one or more natural
disasters, such as an earthquake or flooding.
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31.
AN EXAMPLE OF SANSKRIT TAKEN FROM THE
RIG-VEDA
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