1. How is India diverse?

3. Political Map check your work

4. Physical Features check your work

5. Empires of South Asia Mauryan Empire 321-185 BCE Gupta Empire 320-550 CE Check your map How did these physical features help the empires grow?

6. Hindu Kush Mountains Khyber Pass

7. Indus River Indus River in present-day Pakistan

8. Thar Desert

9. Eastern and Western Ghats Western Ghats

10. Deccan Plateau

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

12. Himalaya Mountains

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

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

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

16. India Today 9th largest economy World’s largest democracy

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

18. Evidence of Pluralism?

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

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

21. 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

22. Homework Read and take notes p. 62-63 Focus: What are the beliefs of Hinduism?

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