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ID: 7000208
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7000208

 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of India (subcontinent)  India (subcontinent)

Coordinates:
Lat: 20 00 00 N  degrees minutes   Lat: 20.0000  decimal degrees
Long: 077 00 00 E  degrees minutes   Long: 77.0000  decimal degrees

Note: General term used for the subcontinent on Indian plate, below Alpine-Himalayan belt, including under most definitions the nations of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. It may also include the nations of Afghanistan and the Indian Ocean territories. Early Dravidian and Munda populations were invaded by Aryans ca. 1700-1200 BCE; Buddhism, Jainism, and Brahmanism founded here.

Names:
South Asia (preferred,C,V,LC,English,U,N)
Asia, South (C,V)
Indian Subcontinent (C,O)
India subcontinent (C,O)
India (C,O,English-P,U,N)
Inde (C,O)
Indien (C,O)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of India (subcontinent)  ........  India (subcontinent) (P)

Place Types:
subcontinent (preferred, C)
general region (C)

Sources and Contributors:
Asia, South..........  [VP]
.......................  LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) accessed 20 February 2007
Inde..........  [VP]
...........  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-76
India..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Times Atlas of the World (1985) xlii
..............  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 535
Indian Subcontinent..........  [VP]
...................................  Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) accessed 29 June 2015
India subcontinent..........  [VP]
...................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Indien..........  [VP]
.................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-76
South Asia..........  [VP]
.......................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 20 February 2007
.......................  LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) NAFL85125541, accessed 20 February 2007
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 20 February 2007
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  LC Subject Authority Headings. [online] (2002-) NAFL85125541, accessed 20 February 2007; accessed 20 February 2007
..................  Rand McNally Atlas (1994) I-76
..................  Times Atlas of the World (1985) xlii
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 535
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
..........  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-2014) accessed 20 February 2007
..........  Getty Vocabulary Program rules

 

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