The Indian Subcontinent
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- partition
- division
- Kathmandu
- capitla of Nepal and its largest city
- Mumbai (Bombay)
- one of India's largest cities
- subcontinent
- a large landmass that is smaller than a continent
- monsoons
- seasonal winds that bring either moist of dry air to an area
- Buddhism
- religion based on the teaching of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
- colony
- territory inhabited and controlled by people from a foreign land
- Dhaka
- capital of Bangladesh and its largest city
- Indus River
- river in Pakistan that creates a fertile plain known as the Indus River Valley
- Sherpas
- etnic group from the mountains of Nepal
- caste system
- divides Indian society into groups based on birth or occupation
- Hinduism
- one of the world's oldest religions, the dominant religion of India
- Kolkata (Calcutta)
- one of India's largest cities
- mount everest
- world's highest mountain, located between Nepal and China
- Delhi
- site of former Muslim kingdom in northern india
- delta
- a landfrom at the mouth of a river created by sediment deposits
- ganges river
- India's most important river, flows across northern India into Bangladesh
- urbanization
- increase in the percentage of people who live in cities
- Kashmir
- a region which both India ad Pakistan claim control over
- green revolution
- program that envouraged farmers to adopt modern agricultural methods