Geography and the Indian subcontinent
* Geography as the basis of Unity and Diversity.
Indian Geography
* "Isolation" from EXTERNAL influences.
* INTERNAL DIVERSITY and DIFFERENCE
** THREE REGIONS (map)
** FOUR REGIONS (textbook)
*** (Ignore subregions for now!)
(IF THERE IS TIME)
What is CIVILIZATION?
* Pejorative comparison:
Barbarian vs. Civilized
* "Objective" reckoning: material development