Chapter 6: The Earth and It's Peoples Notes
India and Southeast Asia, 1500 BCE-1100 CE I) Foundations of Indian Civilization A) The Indian subcontinent 1) India has three topographical zones: (1) the northern mountainous zone; (2) the Indus and Ganges Basins; and (3) the peninsula. The Vindhya Mountains and the Deccan plateau divide the peninsula from the other two zones. 2) The peninsula itself includes further topographical sub regions including: (1) tropical Kerala coast in the west; (2) Coromandel Coast in the east; (3) flat area of Tamil Nadu in the south; and (4) island of Sri Lanka.