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India's
Great Divide is the Vindhya Mountains. They run from
east to west, separating the fertile river valley of the
Ganges called the Ganga, from the Deccan Plateau which
occupies much of the peninsula of India. It also separates the
north, where the predominant languages are Sanskrit - based
(brought in by the Indo Iranian herds people about 3,500 years
ago), from the Dravidian tongues brought in by a long headed
race from the Mediterranean about a thousand years earlier.
The South's coastal plains are backed by the mountains rimming
the wedge of the Deccan plateau. On these plains lie the best
beaches in India. On the rimming mountains, the western and
eastern ghats are the tea, coffee and spice lands. Beyond
these mountains, in the wedge shaped plateau, are great old
cities supported by rich farm lands and a culture that has its
roots in the almost historical Kumari Continent from where,
they claim, civilization spread across the world. The south is
gracious, graceful, Old India.
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