Chapter 1 Heritage of India
→ North to the India Ocean in the South, from Bay of Bengal in the East to the Arabian
Sea in the West.
→ Area wise India ranks 7th and population-wise second largest country’ in the world.
→ The values ‘Sat’, ‘Chit’ and ‘Anand’ are realized from the Indian culture. We have
accepted values of non-violence and world peace.
→ Culture and heritage: Culture is a sum of habits, values, customs, traditions and
conduct of life style of human while heritage means a valuable gift from our forefathers.
→ We divide our heritage into (1) Natural Heritage (2) Cultural Heritage.
→ Natural Heritage: It refers to the result of close relationship between nature,
environment and human life.
→ Natural heritage of India is unique and varied. It includes features like mountains,
forests, deserts, rivers, streams, seas, trees, plants, creepers, flowers, leaves, insects and
varied landscapes, wide range of minerals, vegetation, plants and animals.
→ The example of close relation with nature are stories of Panchatantra and Jataka
tales of Buddhist religion.
→ Beautiful landscapes are generally formed due to different shapes of land. For
example, Himalaya.
→ Rivers have been providing natural ways since ancient time. Indian culture has
flourished on the river banks of the Indus and Ravi.
→ Vegetation. The people of India love their environment since ancient time. Trees such
as banyan, pipal and basil are worshipped in India.
→ North to the India Ocean in the South, from Bay of Bengal in the East to the Arabian
Sea in the West.
→ Area wise India ranks 7th and population-wise second largest country’ in the world.
→ The values ‘Sat’, ‘Chit’ and ‘Anand’ are realized from the Indian culture. We have
accepted values of non-violence and world peace.
→ Culture and heritage: Culture is a sum of habits, values, customs, traditions and
conduct of life style of human while heritage means a valuable gift from our forefathers.
→ We divide our heritage into (1) Natural Heritage (2) Cultural Heritage.
→ Natural Heritage: It refers to the result of close relationship between nature,
environment and human life.
→ Natural heritage of India is unique and varied. It includes features like mountains,
forests, deserts, rivers, streams, seas, trees, plants, creepers, flowers, leaves, insects and
varied landscapes, wide range of minerals, vegetation, plants and animals.
→ The example of close relation with nature are stories of Panchatantra and Jataka
tales of Buddhist religion.
→ Beautiful landscapes are generally formed due to different shapes of land. For
example, Himalaya.
→ Rivers have been providing natural ways since ancient time. Indian culture has
flourished on the river banks of the Indus and Ravi.
→ Vegetation. The people of India love their environment since ancient time. Trees such
as banyan, pipal and basil are worshipped in India.
