Insight Guides India
eBook - ePub

Insight Guides India

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eBook - ePub

Insight Guides India

About this book

India is like nowhere else on earth - thrilling, frustrating and incredibly diverse. Be inspired to visit by the new edition of Insight Guide India, a comprehensive full-colour guide to this fascinating country.

Inside Insight Guide India:
A thoroughly updated new edition by our expert authors.
Stunning photography brings this most colourful of countries and its people to life.
Highlights of the country's top attractions, including the iconic monument of the Taj Mahal, the desert citadel of Jaisalmer and evocative ruins at Hampi.
Descriptive region-by-region accounts cover the whole country from the bright lights of Delhi and Mumbai to the green backwaters of Kerala and the cool heights of the Himalayas.
Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip.

About Insight Guides: Insight Guides has over 40 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps as well as picture-packed eBooks to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture together create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

'Insight Guides has spawned many imitators but is still the best of its type.' - Wanderlust Magazine

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Information

Publisher
Insight
Print ISBN
9781780057255
eBook ISBN
9781786715951
Edition
11
Topic
Personal Development
Subtopic
Travel
Understanding the Language
With 18 official languages, hundreds of others and countless dialects, India can present a linguistic minefield. Luckily for the traveller, English is often understood, and it is usually possible to get by in all but remote, rural locations. However, attempts to speak the local language are always appreciated. The language most widely spoken in the North is Hindi, while in the South, Tamil is spoken in Tamil Nadu, Malayali in Kerala, Kanad in Karnataka and Marathi in Maharashtra.
Attempts to speak the local language are, however, always appreciated. The language most widely spoken in the North is Hindi, while in the South, Tamil has the highest profile.
Indian languages are phonetically regular, based on syllables rather than an alphabet. Important differences are made between long and short vowels, and reteroflex, palatal and labial consonants – listen hard to get a feel for the vocabulary below. There are various systems of transliteration, and you may see many of the words below spelt different ways in English. Where a consonant is followed by ‘h’ this is an aspirated sound, ‘c’ is usually p...

Table of contents

  1. How To Use This E-Book
  2. India’s Top 10 Attractions
  3. Editor’s Choice
  4. Introduction: The Allure of India
  5. Land and Climate
  6. Wildlife
  7. Society and Religion
  8. Decisive Dates
  9. Beginnings
  10. Europeans in India
  11. Independent India
  12. Contemporary Issues
  13. Food and Drink
  14. Insight: Festivals
  15. Performing Arts
  16. Cinema
  17. Art and Architecture
  18. Insight: Hindu Deities
  19. Introduction: Places
  20. Introduction: The North
  21. Delhi
  22. The Northern Plains
  23. Insight: The Taj Mahal
  24. The Himalayas
  25. Introduction: The Desert States
  26. Rajasthan
  27. Insight: Indian Railways
  28. Gujarat
  29. Introduction: West-Central India
  30. Mumbai (Bombay)
  31. Insight: Ajanta and Ellora
  32. Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chattisgarh
  33. Insight: Khajuraho
  34. Goa
  35. Introduction: East and Northeast India
  36. Kolkata (Calcutta)
  37. West Bengal, Odisha and Jharkhand
  38. The Northeast
  39. Introduction: The South
  40. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
  41. Insight: Hampi
  42. Chennai (Madras)
  43. Tamil Nadu
  44. Kerala
  45. Insight: Cruising Kerala’s Green Backwaters
  46. Offshore Islands
  47. Transport
  48. A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
  49. Understanding the Language
  50. Further Reading