India — Location
India's size
Describe India's size and the Indian subcontinent.
Area 3.28 million sq km: 2.4 per cent of the world's land, seventh largest.
Mountains, great rivers, forested hills and the Marusthali desert.
Bounded by the Himalayas, Hindukush and Sulaiman, Purvachal and the Indian Ocean: the Indian subcontinent.
Passes such as Khyber, Bolan, Shipkila, Nathula, Bomdila crossed the barrier.
Coastline 6,100 km on the mainland, 7,517 km with islands (about 11,098 km by the 2024 remeasurement).
Big land, many landscapes.
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