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Indian subcontinent. The Indian subcontinent[note 7] is a physiographical region in Southern Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate, projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas. Geographically, it spans the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, the British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom), India, [note 1] Maldives, [note ...
India accounts for the bulk of the Indian subcontinent, lying atop the Indian tectonic plate, a part of the Indo-Australian Plate. [173] India's defining geological processes began 75 million years ago when the Indian Plate, then part of the southern supercontinent Gondwana , began a north-eastward drift caused by seafloor spreading to its ...
India has 28 states and 8 union territories with different cultures and is the most populated country in the world. [15] The Indian culture, often labeled as an amalgamation of several various cultures, spans across the Indian subcontinent and has been influenced and shaped by a history that is several thousand years old.
The Indian monk Atisha (980–1054 CE) introduced the Indian practice of printing on cloth prayer flags to Tibet. [74] Tanning (leather) – Ancient civilizations used leather for waterskins, bags, harnesses and tack, boats, armour, quivers, scabbards, boots, and sandals.
Persian rule established over the northwestern regions of the Indian subcontinent. Avanti-Magadhan wars. (c. 510 BCE–400 BCE) Haryanka dynasty. Shishunaga dynasty. Avanti (Ancient India) Magadha Victory. Magadhan annexation of Avanti. Magadha-Kosala war.
The following list enumerates Hindu monarchies in chronological order of establishment dates. These monarchies were widespread in South Asia since about 1500 BC, [1] went into slow decline in the medieval times, with most gone by the end of the 17th century, although the last one, the Kingdom of Nepal, dissolved only in the 2008.
The Maurya Empire (322–185 BCE) unified most of the Indian subcontinent into one state, and was the largest empire ever to exist on the Indian subcontinent. [106] At its greatest extent, the Mauryan Empire stretched to the north up to the natural boundaries of the Himalayas and to the east into what is now Assam.
List of existing tallest buildings in the Indian subcontinent [1] Rank Name City Country Image Height Floors Year Building type 1 Palais Royale: Mumbai India: 320 metres (1,050 ft) 88 2018 [2] [3] [4] Residential: 2 Lokhandwala Minerva: Mumbai India: 301 metres (988 ft) 78 2023 [5] [6] Residential: 3 Piramal Aranya Arav Mumbai India: 282.2 ...