1. By Manu, Reme and Rozio (1º Bach E)
West Indian
By Manu, Reme and Rozio (1º Bach E)
IES Mariana Pineda

2. General facts
Area´s 3.29 million square km
The population: 1.12 billion
Capital of India: New Delhi
The languages: Hindi, English, and 16 other official languages.

3. Economy: Government : -Five branches : -Executive president
-Principal natural resources: iron, manganese, titanium.
-Exports $ 127 billion of enginering goods, petroleum.
-Imports $ 192 billion of petroleum, machinery & transport equipment
Government :
-Five branches : -Executive president
-Prime minister
-Council of ministers
-Legislative
-Judicial

4. Climate Two seasons : - Dry seasons: November to April
- Wet seasons: May to October

6. CASTES : BRAHMAN: priests religious teachers and judges (the richest)
-KSHATRIYAS: warrior and politician class.
-SHUDRAS: common laborers.
-VAISYAS: Merchant class and land owing farmers
-THE “UNTOUCHABLES”: 160 – 180 million in India (the poorest)

7. VAISYAS
SHUDRA
UNTOUCHABLE

8. RELIGION:
HINDUISM, 83% Complex polytheistic religion

9. Gods : -Shiva: destroyer of ignorance -Brahma: a supreme creador
-Ganesh: lord of success
-Vishnu: the protector
-Lokshimi: goddess of prosperity

10. Culture
India has a patriarcal society
Male dominant
Big Families are important
The marriages are still arranged

11. Culture
- FOOD:
The food in India is very varied because there are many different cultures.
Curry, tamarind, coriander, chicken, paneer, tikka, samosa.
- CURRENCY:
The currency of India is rupee
$1.00 is 45 rupees

12. ¤Sari: The colour diferentiates, age,
- CLOTHING:
¤Sari: The colour diferentiates, age,
caste, office, religion and woman
¤Salwar Kamiz:These clothes has two parts
¤kurta pajama: it is a traditional suit of fine fabric, specially for men.

13. -KAMA SUTRA:
The Kamasutra explains social and sexual behaviour of men and women.
His author is Vastyayana.
It has 36 chapters with 7 different subjects.
- TECHNOLOGY:
Bangalore in southern India is the new software center of the world.
Some technological companies of India are: Philips, MotorOLA,IBM, Intel, Dell...