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IndiaislocatedinAsia.Itissometimesreferredtoasasubcontinent.ItislocatedbytheIndusRiver.India’sLocationOfficialLanguages:HindiandEnglishCapitalCity:NewDelhiLandmarks:TajMahal,AmberPalace,RedFortandElloraCavesNaturalLandmarks:GangesRiver,JogFallsandNagarholeNationalParkPopulation:1.35billionMajorReligions:Hinduism,Islam,Christianity,SikhismandBuddhismFactsAboutIndiaIndia’sGeographyIndiaisdividedinto29states.Italsohassevenunionterritories.Indiabordersseveralcountries,includingChina,Bhutan,Nepal,Pakistan,BangladeshandMyanmar.ThelandscapeofIndiaisverydiverse,withdeserts,jungles,moderncities,beachesandmountainranges–includingtheHimalayas,whichisthehighestmountainrangeintheworld.TherearenumerousriversinIndiaandtheyallplayanimportantroleinpeople’slives.ThelargestriveristheGanges,whichisalsoasacredrivertoHindus.DelhiDelhiLandmarksincludetheLotusTemple,IndiaGateandAkshardhamTemple.Delhi(sometimescalled‘NewDelhi’)isthecapitalcityofIndia.Ithasapopulationofaround30millionpeople,makingitthesecond-mostpopulatedurbanareaintheworld.Delhiwasfirstsettledinthe6thcenturyBCEandhasbeeninhabitedeversincethen.Today,itisanimportantmoderncity,withafinancialcentrefilledwithbusinessandisapopularlocationfortourists.MumbaiMumbaiMumbai,formerlyknownasBombay,isthelargestcityinIndia.Ithasapopulationofaround20millionpeople,makingitthe7thlargestcityintheworld.Thecityisbuiltacrosssevenislands.Itisthefinancial,commercialandentertainmentcentreofIndia.ThecityishometomanybusinessesandBollywood.Mumbaiisalsoapopulartouristlocation,withhistoricalarchitecture,museumsandattractions,suchastheElephantaCaves.India’sClimateIndiahasalargerangeofclimatesacrossthecountryasitissuchalargeareawithavarietyoflandscapes.ThemajorityofIndiaisclassifiedastropicalclimate.SomeareasofIndiahaveanaridclimate,somehaveahumidclimateandsomeevenhaveaglacialclimate.SinceIndiaissodiverse,itsfoodisvaried.Riceisthestaplegrainusedinmanydishesandlentilsarealsoverypopular.India’sFoodIndiaisfamousforitsspicesandfoodfromIndiausuallycontainsavarietyofthem.Commonspicesarecurry,turmericandcinnamon.Garammasalaisapopularspicemixture.MangoesandothertropicalfruitarealsoverycommoninIndia.Indiaishometoahugenumberoflivingorganisms,including8.6%ofallmammals,13.7%ofallbirds,7.9%ofallreptiles,12.2%ofallfishand6%ofallfloweringplants.Thisincludes:India’sAnimalsMarinelifeWalkingcatfishGharialGangesriverdolphinMammalsBengaltigerIndianelephantAsiaticlionSlothbearRedpandaSnowleopardBirdsIndianpeacockGreatIndianhornbillReptilesKingcobraIndianstartortoiseMuggercrocodileAmphibiansMalabarglidingfrogAsiatictoadAsiaticpaintedfrogPlantsLotusflowerOrchidsBambooIndia’sClothingReligionimpactsclothingwornbymanyinIndia.LinenandsilkarepopularfabricsofmanyIndianclothes.Anexampleoftraditionalclothingforwomenisthesari.Itisadraped,robe-likedress.Adhotiisatraditionallydrapedclothwornbymenthatresemblestrousers.India’sCultureIndia’scultureisverydiverse.Itincludesmanydifferentpeoplefromdifferentbackgrounds.Religions,philosophy,food,architecture,language,dance,musicandevenfilmsallhaveinfluencesfromarangeofculturesthathaveexistedandspreadthroughoutthecountry.TherearemanyfestivalswhichareheldthroughouttheyearinIndia,includingDiwali,HoliandNavratri.HindiPunjabiSanskritUrduIndia’sLanguagesTheofficiallanguagesofIndiaareHindiandEnglish.Despitethis,therearemanyotherlanguagesspokenacrossthecountry,includingPunjabi,Bengali,Kashmiri,Tamil,Sanskrit,Urduandmanyothers.Someoftheselanguageshaveveryuniquealphabets,suchas:Clickoneachlandmarktofindoutmore.TajMahalAmberFortRedFortElloraCavesLonarCraterJogFallsIndianLandmarksNextSlideBackTajMahalTheTajMahalislocatedinAgra.Itwasbuiltin1648byMughalEmperorShahJahanasaburialchamberforhiswife.TheTajMahalisconstructedfromwhitemarbleandisamixtureofIslamic,PersianandIndianarchitecturestyles.ItisoneofthenewSevenWondersoftheWorld.Itisoneofthemostpopulartouristsitesintheworld,witharound7millionvisitorseachyear.AmberFortAmberFort,alsoknownasAmerFortandAmberPalace,isalargepalacecomplexbuiltfrompaleyellowandpinksandstone.Themainpartofthefortdatesfromthe16thcentury,althoughthereareremnantsofmucholdersettlementsaroundthearea.ThepalaceisamixofHinduandMughalstylesofarchitectureandisfilledwithbeautifullydecoratedrooms.ItislocatedclosetothecityofJaipurinthenorthofIndia.BackRedFortTheRedFortisahistoricalfortthatservedasthemainhomeoftheMughalemperors.Itwasbuiltinthe17thcenturywhentheemperor,ShahJahan,decidedtomovethecapitalfromAgratoDelhi.TheRedFortisbelievedtohavebeendesignedbythesamearchitectastheTajMahal.Today,alongsidebeingapopulartouristdestination,RedFortisusedaspartofIndia’sannualIndependenceDaycelebrationson15thAugust.BackElloraCavesBackElloraCavesareaseriesofrock-cutmonasterycavesthatarefilledwithHindu,BuddhistandJainmonumentsandartwork.ThecavesdatefrombetweenAD600to1000andareoneofthelargestcavecomplexesintheworld.Thereareover100cavesatthesite,allofwhichhavebeenexcavatedfrombasaltcliffs.Aswellasactingasmonasteries,templesandareststopforpilgrims,ElloraCaveswasanimportantcommercialareaontraderoutesintheregion.LonarCraterBackLonarCrater,alsoknownasLonarLake,islocated

inthewestofIndia.Itwascreatedaround50,000yearsagoafterameteoriteimpactedtheground.Thecratermeasuresaround1.8kmwideandthelakeisaround140metresdeep.Thewaterwithinthelakecontainsalotofsalt,althoughsomefreshwaterspringsflowintothelake.Becauseofthechemicalsfoundinandaroundthelake,itisahavenforawiderangeofplantandanimallife.Monitorlizards,peafowlandparakeetscanoftenbefoundinthearea.JogFallsBackJogFallsislocatedinthewestofIndiaalongthe