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INDIA Population and History
INDIA Population and History
17,84% of
total world
population
32% is
urban
1/3 de size of
the United
States
The second
most
populous
country in the
world
40,000
murders per
year
High rates of
abortion
2012:
7,000,000
1,000,000 are
millionaires
Most live on
less than two
dollars a day
35% lives
below the
poverty line
Original word:
Sindhu (river)
Persian:
Hindu
Greeks: Indus
Roman emperors
would wear
delicate cotton
from India
Morning dew
Cloth of running
water
Is the
birthplace of
chess
Sanskrit:
Chaturanga
four member
of an army
Calculus,
trigonometry
and algebra
Decimal
system: 100
B.C.
Zero