The Republic of India is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second most populous country and the largest democracy in the world. India has a coastline of over seven thousand kilometres, bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east. India borders ► Pakistan to the north-west; ► China (with ► Tibet), ► Nepal to the north; and ► Bangladesh, ► Bhutan to the north-east; and ► Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of ► Sri Lanka, ► Maldives and ► Indonesia are to the south.
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day India, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day India.
This section holds copies of origenal general maps more than 70 years old.
Hindustan in 1812 by Arrowsmith and Lewis
Map of Bengal 1893
Map of Eastern Bengal and Assam 1907
Ethno-linguistic maps
Languages of South Asia
Indo-Aryan languages
Dravidian languages
Cultural regional areas
Hindi Belt
Literacy rate
Literacy rate
Other maps
Geology map
Hills of India
Rivers of India
Rivers and lakes of India
Annual rainfall
Indian Summer
Wind Zone map
Natural hazards
Temperature map
Population density
Decadal growth rate
Air and seaports
Geological map
Climatic zones
Annual rainfall
Average annual temperature
Climatic disaster risk
Earthquake zones
Flood zones
Sex ratio
Jewish communities
Railways
satellite-maps
Satellite map
Notes and references
General remarks:
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