Breakaway Destination Guides (International)

India has been ruled by many different ethnic groups throughout its history, each imposing their own administrative divisions on the region. Modern India's current administrative divisions are fairly recent developments, which began to develop during British colonial rule of India.

Climate:

Droughts; flash floods, as well as widespread and destructive flooding from monsoonal rains; severe thunderstorms; earthquakes.

Issues:

Deforestation; soil erosion; overgrazing; desertification; air pollution from industrial effluents and vehicle emissions; water pollution from raw sewage and runoff of agricultural pesticides; tap water is not potable throughout the country; huge and growing population is overstraining natural resources.

The Golden Age in India ushered in by the Gupta dynasty between th 4th-l6th centuries A.D. saw a flowering of Indian science, art, and culture. Arab incursions into India starting in the 8th century and Turkic in the 12th. These were followed by the European traders. Indian armed forces in the British army played a vital role in both World Wars.

  Calcutta - Kolkata or Calcutta, city in eastern India and capital of Bangla State, situated on the banks of the Hugli River.

  City of Delhi - The traditional capital of India since the ancient times.

  State of Goa - India's smallest state

  Maps of India - Additional Maps of the Indian Sub-continent

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