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How is India diverse?

Political Map check your work

Physical Features check your work

Empires of South Asia Mauryan Empire BCE Gupta Empire CE Check your map How did these physical features help the empires grow?

Hindu Kush Mountains Khyber Pass

Indus River Indus River in present-day Pakistan

Thar Desert

Eastern and Western Ghats Western Ghats

Deccan Plateau

Ganges (Ganga) River Bathing in the Ganges River, Benares View of the Ganges in Rishikesh

Himalaya Mountains

Bramaputra River Brahmaputra River on the Tibetan Plateau in China Ganga- Brahmaputra Delta

So… Mauryan EmpireGupta Empire How did these physical features help the empires grow?

Pluralism Many different kinds of people Not just diverse, but open to diversity India is & has been a pluralist society because…

India Today 9th largest economy World’s largest democracy

India’s Population 1.15 billion people 2 nd largest population About 15% of the world’s population Mean age is 25 (US = 37)

Evidence of Pluralism?

Linguistic Diversity Hindi41% Bengali 8% Telugu 7% Marathi 7% Tamil 6% Urdu 5% Gujarati 4%

Religions Birthplace of four of the world’s major religions – Hinduism – Buddhism – Sikhism – Jainism

Religious Diversity Hindu80% Muslim13% Christian 2% Sikh 2% Other<2% Most of the world’s Hindus live in India India has the 3rd largest Muslim population in the world

Homework Read and take notes p Focus: What are the beliefs of Hinduism?

Leading South Asia Make 3 columns in your notebook. Physical Feature Advantages of conquering & controlling Difficulty of conquering & controlling

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