India
India is a rather large country that sits near the bottom of Asia. It is a peninsula, meaning that it is surrounded by water on three sides. The earliest known people in India lived along the Indus River, in what is now Pakistan, 5,000 years ago. These civilizations were rather advanced because they had piped water and sewer systems, but were mysteriously abandoned in 1700 B.C. The two cities that archeologists have discovered are called Harappa and Mohenjo. Europeans did not arrive in India until the late 1400s, and in 1757, Britain took control of the country. Britain ruled in India until 1947.Here are some more facts about India:
India is home to many incredible animals because it has such diverse habitats. In one country are jungles, incredible mountains and a desert. Some of the incredible animals include tigers, river dolphins, rhinoceroses, leopards, elephants and pythons. There are more 65,000 species in India; it is even the only country in the world with both lions and tigers. Sadly, this beautiful diversity and all of these incredible animals are in danger. India’s population is growing very quickly and as a result, there is a lot of pollution and destruction of habitats for resources. Jungles are being cut down for wood, and land is being used for farms.
Here are some more facts about India
• The money is called a rupee.
• The capital is New Delhi.
• Cows are sacred and cannot be harmed. They even roam around cities freely.
• India is home to tigers and snow leopards.
• 80 percent of the people in India are Hindu.
• The north of India is the Himalayan Mountains, the highest in the world.
• It has the second-largest population in the world (1.2 billion people).
• It is the seventh largest country in the world by land area.
• The highest mountain is Kanchenjunga, the third highest in the world.
• The most popular sport is cricket.
• Many people are vegetarian.
• There are 18 official languages, but the three main are Hindi, English and Urdu.
• There are 12,000 types of flowering plants.
• The tiger is the national animal.
• The national flower of India is the lotus.
• The national bird is a peacock.