Our Indian Empire
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Excerpt from Our Indian Empire: Its Rise and Growth We premise a few of the more striking physical characteristics of the Indian continent. In extreme length it measures one thousand nine hundred miles, in extreme breadth one thousand five hundred. The area of British India, apart from tributary and independent states, is twelve times that of Great Britain and Ireland, seven times that of France. Northern India, i.e., India north of the Vindhya Mountains and Nerbudda River, is sometimes distinguished as Hindostan, Southern India as the Deckan (from dakshana - south). The population of the continent is two hundred and forty millions, of whom five-sixths are Hindus, one-sixth Mohammedans. In shape India forms a triangle, the base of which is buried under the snows of the Himalayas, the apex within a few degrees of the equator, and the two sides washed by the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. The whole interior of the Deckan is a lofty table-land, the home of large kingdoms, and enjoying of course a cooler climate than the narrow plains which stretch thence to the sea. The mountain-sides of this plateau are called ghauts (steps). India is thus clearly marked off by nature from surrounding countries, and admirably adapted to be the abode of a self-contained people, such as the Hindus have always been. The Brahmins, indeed, who have moulded the civilization of India, cannot claim to be its original inhabitants. These are found in the few, sattered mountain-tribes, such as the Bheels, Kols, and Gonds, who have nothing in common with modern Hindus. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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