India´s Culture

Geography

India's coast is 7,517 kilometres long; of this distance, 5,423 kilometres belong to peninsular India, and 2,094 kilometres to the Andaman, Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands. According to the Indian naval hydrographic charts, the mainland coast consists of the following: 43% sandy beaches, 11% rocky coast including cliffs, and 46% mudflats or marshy coast.
Major Himalayan-origin rivers that substantially flow through India include the Ganges (Ganga) and the Brahmaputra, both of which drain into the Bay of Bengal. Among notable coastal features of India are the marshy Rann of Kutch in western India, and the alluvial Sundarbans delta, which India shares with Bangladesh. India has two archipelagos: the …ver más…

The Indian national football team has won the South Asian Football Federation Cup several times.
Chess, commonly held to have originated in India, is also gaining popularity with the rise in the number of Indian Grandmasters. Vishwanathan Anand, an Indian Grandmaster, has won the World Chess Championship four times.

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Geography

India's coast is 7,517 kilometres long; of this distance, 5,423 kilometres belong to peninsular India, and 2,094 kilometres to the Andaman, Nicobar, and Lakshadweep Islands. It consists of the following: 43% sandy beaches, 11% rocky coast including cliffs, and 46% mudflats or marshy coast.
India's climate is strongly influenced by the Himalayas and the Thar Desert, both of which drive the monsoons. The Himalayas prevent cold Central Asian Katabatic wind from blowing in, keeping the bulk of the Indian subcontinent warmer than most locations at similar latitudes.
Four major climatic groupings predominate in India: tropical wet, tropical dry, subtropical humid, and montane.

General culture

India's culture is marked by a high degree of syncretism and cultural pluralism. India's cultural tradition dates back to 8,000 BCE and has a continuously recorded history for over 2,500 years.

INDIAN CUISINE

The staple foods in the region are rice and wheat. Spices are originally native to the Indian subcontinente.