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Title: Indian Geography


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Indian Geography
  • ASTIICI Lecture 01
  • Peter Friedlander

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What Makes India, India?
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The Monsoon
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Monsoon Map
http//www.globaled.org/nyworld/materials/india/ma
pMonsoon.html
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The Himalayas
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Indus River Basin
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The Ganges Basin
http//deltas.usgs.gov/rivers.aspx?riverganges
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Eastern India Bay of Bengal
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileCyclone_05B_1999
_India_Bay_of_Bengal_satellite_image_NOAA_cropped.
jpg
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Bangaldesh
http//www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/bangladesh/
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Peninsular India
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South India
http//www.southindia-tours.com/southindia-map.htm
l
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Indian Agriculture
http//www.india-exports.com/agro.html
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Major Crops
http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileMajor_crop_areas
_India.png
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Railways
http//www.irfca.org/faq/map/1893rly.jpg
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Highways
http//www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/
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http//www.jaipurmart.net/air_route_map_of_india.h
tm
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Demography
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Income Levels
http//www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/percapitainc
ome.htm
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The Future?
http//www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t260
573page5
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The Present
http//www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2008/8/14/25729/
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http//www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2011/4/1/3340/02
073
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Literacy
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Increasing Literacy
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Literacy By States 2011
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2001 Census Language stats
http//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indiaspea
k-English-is-our-2nd-language/articleshow/5680962.
cms
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Language 2001
http//timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indiaspea
k-English-is-our-2nd-language/articleshow/5680962.
cms
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Religion 1931
http//www.jstor.org/stable/209312?seq13
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Religion 2001
http//censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_a
t_glance/religion.aspx
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Indian Caste System Hierachy
http//sujaiblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/reservation-
xv-obc-issue.html
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Culture
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Readings
  • Essential Reading
  • Wolpert, S. (2005). India, University of
    California Press, Berkeley, pp. 1-22.
  • Further Reading
  • Provisional Population Totals Paper 1 of 2011,
    Chapter 3, Size, Growth Rate and Distribution of
    the population, pp. 35-60. Office of the
    Registrar General Census Officer, India, Online
    at http//www.censusindia.gov.in/2011-prov-result
    s/prov_results_paper1_india.html

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Tutorial Question What makes India, India?
  • What do you reckon makes India, India?
  • What factors make India recognisable as a
    culture?
  • A way to approach this topic I suggest is to also
    consider other countries you may already be
    familiar with, so what makes Australia,
    Australia? China, China? Etc.
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