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India accepted the convention on 14 November 1977, making its sites eligible for inclusion on the list. [3] There are 43 World Heritage Sites in India. Out of these, 35 are cultural, seven are natural, and one, Khangchendzonga National Park, is of mixed type, listed for both cultural and natural properties. India has the sixth-most sites worldwide.
Most place name suffixes denote after prominent geographical features, such as rivers and lakes. Others are named after personalities such as kings or historical figures. Although Hindu history was a main influence, Islamic and Christian influences are present, particularly in central and northern India. -abad - "city" - from Persian ābād ...
Varanasi (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi], [a] [b] also Benares, Banaras Hindustani pronunciation: [bəˈnaːrəs] [c] [12] [13] [14] or Kashi [d] [15]) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Buddha statue at Lokuttara Mahavihara in Chauka, Aurangabad Bibi Ka Maqbara. Aurangabad is a historic city in the Maharashtra state of India.The city is a tourist hub, surrounded by many historical monuments, including the Ajanta Caves and Ellora Caves, which are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, as well as Bibi Ka Maqbara and Panchakki.
World Heritage Sites in India (15 C, 92 P) Pages in category "Historic sites in India" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
This partial list of city nicknames in India compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities in India are known by (or have been known by) historically, officially, or unofficially, to locals, outsiders, or their tourism chambers of commerce.
The education system of India is the world's second-largest. [457] India has over 900 universities, 40,000 colleges [458] and 1.5 million schools. [459] In India's higher education system, a significant number of seats are reserved under affirmative action policies for the historically disadvantaged.
India was the lower Indus basin in Herodotus's view of the world. The English term is from Greek Indikē (cf. Megasthenes' work Indica) or Indía (Ἰνδία), via Latin transliteration India. [3] [4] [5] The name derives ultimately from Sanskrit Sindhu, which was the name of the Indus River as well as the lower Indus basin (modern Sindh, in ...