What is India?
India is a country in the greater part of South Asia with New Delhi as its capital city. Its government is a constitutional republic that represents the highly populated of various ethnic groups and hundreds of languages. Since the enormous growth in population, India ranks the second highest populated country in the world, next to China.
Roots of civilization
It is understood from the archeological fact that a highly civilized culture developed since the period 2600 - 2000 BCE. One of the greatest civilizations in this country is the Indus Civilization. Since then country has performed as a self-contained political and cultural heritage.
This gave rise to a distinct tradition related predominantly to Hinduism. Also the other religions, Buddhism and Jainism originated in In...