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The Republic of India (ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya)

South Asia

Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal

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<p>9,000 years ago</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Rigveda records the dawning of Hinduism in India and is preserved by an oral tradition that was resolutely vigilant.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Settled life emerged in the western margins of the Indus river basin approximately 9,000 years ago.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The long occupation, initially in varying forms of isolation as hunter-gatherers, has made the region highly diverse, second only to Africa in human genetic diversity.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An archaic form of Sanskrit diffused into India from the northwest by 1200 BCE.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>India shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east.</p> Signup and view all the answers