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20  INTRODUCING INDIA
Surat Tapti
Putting Southern India Raipur
on the Map Nagpur

The six states of Southern India lie within the Ajanta MAHARASHTRA
triangular peninsula that forms the lower part Nasik
of the Indian subcontinent. With a population Ellora Aurangabad
of 322 million, speaking six major languages, INDIA
they cover an area of 955,945 sq km (369,092 Godavari
sq miles) – larger than France and Germany Mumbai
combined. The western coast is flanked by the See inset map Ahmadnagar
above
Arabian Sea, and the eastern coast by the Bay Pune
of Bengal, while the southern tip juts into the Nizamabad
Indian Ocean. The rocky Deccan Plateau forms Karimnagar
southern India’s heartland, bordered on either Satara Bidar Warangal
side by the wooded hills of the Western and
Eastern Ghats. The two largest cities are Solapur
Mumbai (formerly Bombay) and Chennai Gulbarga Hyderabad TELANGANA Go davari Visakhapatnam,
(formerly Madras). Kolkata
Bijapur Khammam
Kolhapur Rajahmundry
Krishna
Nagarjuna
Sagar Vijayawada
Key Belgaum Alampur Guntur
Central city area Panaji Tungabhadra Kurnool
ANDHRA
National highway Dabolim GOA Hubli PRADESH
Major road Hospet Ba y of
Gooty
International border Beng al
State border KARNA TAKA
Cuddapah
Chitradurga Penneru
Puttaparthi
Lepakshi
Ar a bian Udipi Tirupati
Sea Hassan
Mangaluru Bengaluru Chennai
Chennai Athipattu Vellore See inset map
& Environs Madikeri Kanchipuram below
Mysuru
Kannur TAMIL
New NADU Puducherry
Washermanpet
Ambathur
Salem
Kozhikode Chidambaram
Central
Chennai Agatti Coimbatore Kaveri
Kavaratti
Tiruchirapalli
Mangadu Thanjavur
Aringar Lakshadweep Thrissur
Anna Islands KERALA Port Blair
Kochi
Kottivakkam Madurai
Tambaram
Alappuzha Kottayam Jaffna
0 kilometres 10
0 miles 10 0 kilometres 150
Rameshvaram
0 miles 150
Kollam Tuticorin
Thiruvananthapuram Tirunelvelli SRI Trincomalee
Tiruchendur LANKA
Kanniyakumari
For keys to symbols see back flap
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