What is the population of India?
1.2 billion people
Does this make it the largest population in the world?
no
What is it ranked?
second
And by land mass?
seventh
Where is it located?
South Asia
Is it land locked?
no
What body of water is to the southeast?
the Bay of Bengal
And what does it lay west of?
It shares land borders with Pakistan
Is it near Sri Lanka?
yes
What else?
the Maldives
What system came about in the first millennium BCE?
Social stratification
How does this categorize people?
based on caste
Which religions followed?
Buddhism and Jainism
When did Christiannity appear?
In the medieval era
Who controlled the north?
the Delhi sultanate
And the south?
the Vijayanagara Empire
When did they begin to have an active commerce?
in the 17th century
Under the rule of whom?
the Mughal Empire
When did the royal of Britain take control?
mid-19th century
What began later that century?
A nationalist movement
Known for?
nonviolent resistance
Led by whom?
Mahatma Gandh