What are the implications of large land boundaries and vast coastline of India?
1. The large land boundaries of India have helped to develop links with her neighboring countries.
2. It contributed in the exchange of ideas and commodities since ancient times.
3. The ideas of the Upanishads, the Ramayana, and the Geeta etc have become known to the world.
4. The Indian Numerals as well as decimal system long back cross the border, Arabs took these ideas to the west.
5. The long coast line on the Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal has helped India to develop close maritime contact with West Asia, Africa and Europe from the western coast and with East Asia and the south East Asia from the eastern coast.
