India (golden India)

India is a land of varied topography. The geographical and the climatic diversity has shaped the lives of the people giving India a multiplicity of races, cultures, habitats, customs, cuisine's and dress. The variety adds colour and vibrancy to the land and its people and offers a kaleidoscopic panorama of images for the traveler to savour. The mountains in the north, the vast plains and plateaus of Central India, the desert land in the west and the long coastline along the peninsula have been the cradle of ancient civilizations and have influenced the course of India's history, making the land fascinating to explore. The book attempts to capture some of the diverse images and present to the traveler the exotica that is India.