The climate of South Asia is largely controlled by seasonal monsoon winds and rainfall patterns. During the summer, moist winds from the ocean blow inland, bringing heavy rains that are critical for agriculture but can also cause damaging floods. The monsoon rains were celebrated in ancient Indian poetry and provided the water necessary for crops, but also posed risks if the rains were too heavy or came at the wrong times. The monsoon winds further influenced trade and cultural exchanges, as sailors used the summer winds to reach South Asian ports and then waited for the winter winds to return them to their homelands.

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SOUTH ASIAN CLIMATE
Climate has also played an important role in the growth of civilization in South Asia. Most of the
Indian subcontinent has a tropical climate. For much of the year , the land bakes under high , hot
sun.
IMPACT OF MOSOON: A seasonal wind pattern known as the monsoon Controlls rainfall.
IN the winter, dray winds below from the land to the sea. Little rain falls. IN the summer, this
pattern reverses, and wet winds from the oceans blow onto the land. The summer rains provide
water for corps and boring relief from the baking head. More than 1,500 years ago an indian poet
wrote this poem about the usmmer monsoon sto
The rain advances like a king
In arful majesty;
Hear, dearest, how his thunder rings,
Like royal drums and see
His lightning-banners wave, a cloud
For elephant he tieds,
And finds his welcome form the crowd
Of lovers and of brides. {Kalidasa, “The Rains” from India Source Book}
SOTH ASIAN HISTORY 2ND SEMESTER LL.B. PART I,
TOPIC: Indian Civilization DATED 29th ,Sep,2016
Presented by: SM Zarkoon, Lecturer,
B.Sc. LL.B. LL.M. {Criminology & Law of Evidence}
University Law College Khojjak Road Quetta.
Email: lawyer.21st@yahoo.com Ph.# 081-2843053

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From the time that farming began in South Asia, agriculture depended on the summer monsoon.
If the rains came on time, all was well, if the rains came late or not at all, crops died and people
starved. If the rainss were too heavy, floods washed away farms and villages, therefore the
monsoon had both positive and negative effects on daily life in South Asia.
The monsoon also influenced seagoing trade. Sailors from other lands used the winds of the
usmmer monsoon to blow their ships to South Asian ports. Upon arrival the crewes waited,
sometimes for months , for the wind to change. When winter came, the monsoon belew the ships
back out the sea and Asia with Wester Asia, Europe, East Africa, and China and allowed an
exachange of goods and cultures to occur.