POLS 1201 Chapter India: India: Text book notes
2 Oct 2016
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Most improbable democracy due to the declining literacy rates and the poverty. Recent conflicts: religion and fundamentalism: major geographic and demographic features: Large peninsula which opened the region to western trade (aka imperial conquest) Jammu and kashmir are areas in this region claimed both by indian and pakistan. Home to the himalayan mountains which sources to important rivers: indus and ganges ( made the north extremely fertile) Green revolution: (1960s-70s) time when technologically enhanced crops and cropping methods dramatically improved food production in india. Insanely over populated and estimated to exceed china in this regard by 2050. Historical development of the state: hinduism, buddhism, and islam: The fusion of the indo-aryan and dravidians created the ideology surrounding. Hinduism: a traditional religion that governs all aspects of life (birth, death, marriage, eating, etc. ) which was born in india (dominant faith in india)
