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- 1. are probably hundreds of major and minor Languages/ languages and many hundreds of recognized dialects in India
- 3. India’s frontier, which is roughly one-third coastline, abuts six countries.
- 7. India, country that occupies the greater part of South Asia.
- 8. Temperatures in India generally are the warmest in May or June,
- 9. a group of small coral atolls in the Arabian Sea
- 10. There is a wide range of soil types in India.
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- 2. because religion forms a crucial aspect of identity for most Indians, much of India’s history can be understood through the interplay among its diverse religious groups.
- 4. India provides the world’s most-pronounced example of a monsoon climate.
- 5. India has more than 1,200 species of birds and perhaps 2,000 subspecies.
- 6. more than 70 percent of India’s territory drains into the Bay of Bengal