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Indian Geography

Indian Geography. ASTIICI Lecture 01 Peter Friedlander. What Makes India, India?. The Monsoon. Monsoon Map. http://www.globaled.org/nyworld/materials/india/mapMonsoon.html. The Himalayas. Indus River Basin. The Ganges Basin. http://deltas.usgs.gov/rivers.aspx?river=ganges.

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Indian Geography

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  1. Indian Geography ASTIICI Lecture 01 Peter Friedlander

  2. What Makes India, India?

  3. The Monsoon

  4. Monsoon Map http://www.globaled.org/nyworld/materials/india/mapMonsoon.html

  5. The Himalayas

  6. Indus River Basin

  7. The Ganges Basin http://deltas.usgs.gov/rivers.aspx?river=ganges

  8. Eastern India: Bay of Bengal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cyclone_05B_1999_India_Bay_of_Bengal_satellite_image_NOAA_cropped.jpg

  9. Bangaldesh http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/asia/bangladesh/

  10. Peninsular India

  11. South India http://www.southindia-tours.com/southindia-map.html

  12. Indian Agriculture http://www.india-exports.com/agro.html

  13. Major Crops http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Major_crop_areas_India.png

  14. Railways http://www.irfca.org/faq/map/1893rly.jpg

  15. Highways http://www.orissalinks.com/orissagrowth/

  16. http://www.jaipurmart.net/air_route_map_of_india.htm

  17. Demography

  18. Income Levels http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/india/percapitaincome.htm

  19. The Future? http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=260573&page=5

  20. The Present http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2008/8/14/25729/9586

  21. http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2011/4/1/3340/02073

  22. Literacy

  23. Increasing Literacy

  24. Literacy: By States 2011

  25. 2001 Census Language stats http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indiaspeak-English-is-our-2nd-language/articleshow/5680962.cms

  26. Language 2001 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Indiaspeak-English-is-our-2nd-language/articleshow/5680962.cms

  27. Religion 1931 http://www.jstor.org/stable/209312?seq=13

  28. Religion 2001 http://censusindia.gov.in/Census_Data_2001/India_at_glance/religion.aspx

  29. Indian Caste System Hierachy http://sujaiblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/reservation-xv-obc-issue.html

  30. Culture

  31. 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-results/prov_results_paper1_india.html

  32. 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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