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The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world’s oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. and extended into northwestern India. Aryan tribes from the northwest infiltrated the Indian subcontinent about 1500 B.C.; their merger with the earlier Dravidian inhabitants created the classical Indian culture. The Maurya Empire of the 4th and 3rd centuries B.C. - which reached its zenith under ASHOKA - united much of South Asia. The Golden Age ushered in by the Gupta dynasty (4th to 6th centuries A.D.) saw a flowering of Indian science, art, and culture. Islam spread across the subcontinent over a period of 700 years. In the 10th and 11th centuries, Turks and Afghans invaded India and established the Delhi Sultanate. In the early 16th century, the Emperor BABUR established the Mughal Dynasty, which ruled India for more than three centuries. European explorers began establishing footholds in India during the 16th century. By the 19th century, Great Britain had become the dominant political power on the subcontinent and India was seen as the Jewel in the Crown of the British Empire. The British Indian Army played a vital role in both World Wars. Years of nonviolent resistance to British rule, led by Mohandas GANDHI and Jawaharlal NEHRU, eventually resulted in Indian independence in 1947. Large-scale communal violence took place before and after the subcontinent partition into two separate states - India and Pakistan. The neighboring countries have fought three wars since independence, the last of which was in 1971 and resulted in East Pakistan becoming the separate nation of Bangladesh. India’s nuclear weapons tests in 1998 emboldened Pakistan to conduct its own tests that same year. In November 2008, terrorists originating from Pakistan conducted a series of coordinated attacks in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. India’s economic growth following the launch of economic reforms in 1991, a massive youthful population, and a strategic geographic location have contributed to India’s emergence as a regional and global power. However, India still faces pressing problems such as environmental degradation, extensive poverty, and widespread corruption, and its restrictive business climate is dampening economic growth expectations.
Source: World Factbook 2020

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· Basemap of India· India
· Basemap of India (BW)
· Bible Translation Status of India
· Bible Translation Status of India (BW)
· Fishing Where the Fish Are
· Fishing Where the Fish Are (BW)
· India
· India - 1991 Christian Population by District
· India - 1991 Christian Population by District (BW)
· India - 1991 Population by District
· India - 1991 Population by District (BW)
· India - 2001 Literacy by State
· India - 2001 Literacy by State (BW)
· India - Need for Church Planting and Workers
· India - Need for Church Planting and Workers (BW)
· India - Third Largest Muslim Population
· India - Third Largest Muslim Population (BW)
· India Gateway Cities in The 10/40 Window
· India Gateway Cities in The 10/40 Window (BW)
· India Youth Population (Aged 5-19)
· India map (World Factbook)
· India map (World Factbook, modified)
· India's Bible Translation Status
· India's Christian Population by District
· India's Gatway Cities
· India's Muslim Population by District
· India's Population by District
· India: A Land in Need of Many Needs (Churches)
· India: A Land in Need of Many Needs (Workers)
· India: A Land of Many Religions
· Indigenous Missionaries
· Indigenous Missionaries (BW)
· Languages of South Asia - Assamese
· Languages of South Asia - Banjari
· Languages of South Asia - Bengali
· Languages of South Asia - Bhili
· Languages of South Asia - Bhojpuri
· Languages of South Asia - Bodo
· Languages of South Asia - Chhattisgarhi
· Languages of South Asia - Dogri
· Languages of South Asia - Gondi
· Languages of South Asia - Gujarati
· Languages of South Asia - Hindi
· Languages of South Asia - Kannada
· Languages of South Asia - Kashmiri
· Languages of South Asia - Konkani
· Languages of South Asia - Maithili
· Languages of South Asia - Malayalam
· Languages of South Asia - Marathi
· Languages of South Asia - Meitei
· Languages of South Asia - Nepali
· Languages of South Asia - Oriya
· Languages of South Asia - Panjabi
· Languages of South Asia - Pashto
· Languages of South Asia - Rajbansi
· Languages of South Asia - Santali
· Languages of South Asia - Sindhi
· Languages of South Asia - Tamil
· Languages of South Asia - Telugu
· Languages of South Asia - Urdu
· Languages of South Asia- Assamese
· Languages of South Asia- Banjari
· Languages of South Asia- Bengali
· Languages of South Asia- Bhili
· Languages of South Asia- Bhojpuri
· Languages of South Asia- Bodo
· Languages of South Asia- Chhattisgarhi
· Languages of South Asia- Dogri
· Languages of South Asia- Gondi
· Languages of South Asia- Gujarati
· Languages of South Asia- Hindi
· Languages of South Asia- Kannada
· Languages of South Asia- Kashmiri
· Languages of South Asia- Koch Borok
· Languages of South Asia- Konkani
· Languages of South Asia- Kutchi
· Languages of South Asia- Maithili
· Languages of South Asia- Malayalam
· Languages of South Asia- Marathi
· Languages of South Asia- Meitei
· Languages of South Asia- Nepali
· Languages of South Asia- Oriya
· Languages of South Asia- Pashto
· Languages of South Asia- Punjabi
· Languages of South Asia- Sanskrit
· Languages of South Asia- Santali
· Languages of South Asia- Sindhi
· Languages of South Asia- Tamil
· Languages of South Asia- Telugu
· Languages of South Asia- Urdu
· Languages of Uttar Pradesh State, India
· Mapa Intercessão Mundial
· Mapa de la Operación Muro Mundo
· North East India - Tibetan Buddhist Groups
· North East India: Language Families
· North West India - Tibetan Buddhist Groups
· North West India: Language Families
· Orissa State - 1991 Christian Population by District
· Orissa State - 1991 Christian Population by District (BW)
· Percent Hindu and Muslim
· Percent Hindu and Muslim (BW)
· Répartition des Chrétiens Evangéliques
· The 4,800,000 Santal People of East India
· The 4,800,000 Santal People of East India (BW)
· The Christian Population of Orissa State
· The Literacy of India by State
· The Population of the Indian Subcontinent
· The Santal People of East India
· Uttar Pradesh People Clusters
 
     Videos
· India (Prayercast)
· Rajput (Prayercast)
 
     Other
· How India Leaders Make Ministry Decisions (Missio Nexus)
· India (Operation World)
· India (World Factbook website)
· India (WorldBank)
· To The Uttermost Part - The Call to North India


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