Students' Britannica India: I to M (Iblis to Mira Bai)

agricultural ancient Arabian Sea Arabic became Bengal Bihar Bombay Brahmin British Buddha Buddhist called capital central centre century BC chief coast colleges cotton courtesy of Yousuf crops culture Delhi developed dialect Digambara district dynasty early east eastern forests Ganga Gujarat Gwalior hills Hindi Hindu important India Indian Ocean Indo-Aryan Indore Indus industries Islam Jain Jainism Jammu Kannada Karnataka Kashmir Kerala Khan king known Krishna Ladakh language leopard lions Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Mahavira major Malwa Manipur Maratha Mecca modern mosque Mughal Muhammad Mumbai Muslim Mysore Narmada northeastern India northern India oilseeds Pakistan Persian plain plateau political Population 1991 Punjab Quran Rajasthan Range region religious rice River rule ruler Sanskrit script sect Shiva Shvetambara social southern spelt sq km Sri Lanka subcontinent Tamil Nadu temples texts tion Tirthankara town tradition Uttar Pradesh valley Vishnu western worship Yousuf Saeed