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Kolkata

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Kota Vārānasi

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Karāchi Allahābād

Patna

Jodhpur Gwalior Guwāhāti

Kānpur

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Jaipur Lucknow

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Amritsar

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RELIGION

Two of the world’s great

religions—Hinduism and

Buddhism—began in India

more than 2,500 years ago. Most

Pakistanis and Bangladeshis are

Muslim, most Indians and Nepalese

are Hindu, and most Sri Lankans

and Bhutanese are Buddhist.

THE HIMALAYAS

The highest chain of mountains

in the world, the Himalayas have

eight peaks that are more than

26,247 ft (8,000 m) high. Everest, the

world’s highest mountain at 29,029 ft

(8,848 m), is on the border of Nepal

and Tibet. Mountaineers come from

far and wide to scale these massive peaks.

BHUTAN

Hidden

away in the

Himalayas,

the people

of Bhutan are

devoutly Buddhist

and have little contact

with the outside world.

A minority of the population are

Nepalese Hindus who came to the country in

the first half of the last century. Most Bhutanese

live in the fertile river valleys of the center and

south of the country. Traditional dress—the kira

for women and the gho for men—is widely worn.

BOLLYWOOD

More films are produced in Mumbai (Bombay),

India—more than 1,000 a year—than in the

whole of the US, turning “Bollywood,” as it is

known, into a major cultural center. Famous for

their musical routines and glamorous stars,

Bollywood films generally had historical and

social themes. Today, these have expanded

to include more contemporary stories as

the films have found a fan base in the

large Indian diaspora across the world.

TEA IN SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka is the world’s largest

exporter of tea. The plantations

are located mainly in the center

of the island and employ

women to pick the delicate,

green shoots of the bushes.

Bhutanese

people

Hindus bathe

in the Ganges

River, which is

considered sacred.

The name Bhutan means

“Land of the Thunder

Dragon” in Dzongkha, the

country’s official language.

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