How is India diverse Political Map check your

How is India diverse?

Political Map check your work

Physical Features check your work

Empires of South Asia Check your map How did these physical features help the empires grow? Mauryan Empire 321 -185 BCE Gupta Empire 320 -550 CE

Hindu Kush Mountains Khyber Pass

Indus River in present-day Pakistan

Thar Desert

Eastern and Western Ghats

Deccan Plateau

Ganges (Ganga) River Bathing in the Ganges River, Benares View of the Ganges in Rishikesh

Himalaya Mountains

Bramaputra River Ganga. Brahmaputra Delta Brahmaputra River on the Tibetan Plateau in China

So… How did these physical features help the empires grow? Mauryan Empire Gupta Empire

Pluralism • Many different kinds of people • Not just diverse, but open to diversity India is & has been a pluralist society because…

India Today • 9 th largest economy • World’s largest democracy

India’s Population • • 1. 15 billion people 2 nd largest population About 15% of the world’s population Mean age is 25 (US = 37)

Evidence of Pluralism?

Linguistic Diversity • • Hindi 41% Bengali 8% Telugu 7% Marathi 7% Tamil 6% Urdu 5% Gujarati 4%

Religions Birthplace of four of the world’s major religions – Hinduism – Buddhism – Sikhism – Jainism

Religious Diversity • • • Hindu 80% Muslim 13% Christian 2% Sikh 2% Other <2% Most of the world’s Hindus live in India has the 3 rd largest Muslim population in the world

Homework Read and take notes p. 62 -63 Focus: What are the beliefs of Hinduism?

Leading South Asia Make 3 columns in your notebook. Physical Feature Advantages Difficulty of of conquering & & controlling