3 major regions
- Himalayan mountains - length of 2560 km & avg breadth of 240-320 km.
- Natural wall and protects the country against cold arctic winds of Siberia -> hence north India warm.
- India & central Asia passes - Khyber, Bolan & Gomal. Swat valley (Alexandar came from here)
- East Himalayas - Pat Koi, Nagai and Lushai (thick forest & heavy rains)
- Deccan plateau - volcanic rock different than the northern mountains.
- Easy to cut -> hence rock-cut temples in Deccan.
- Western ghat passes - Palakkad/Palghat.
- Eastern ghats - Krishna & Tungabhadra doab (Raichur) - contested
- famous under Satavahanas.
- India - a land of unity and diversity -
- pre-Aryans, Indo-Aryans, Greek, Scythians, Huns, Turks, etc - each ethnic group - contributed to Indian culture.
- Prakrit & Pali were the lingua franca during 3rd century BC.
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