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Table of ContentsIntroduction

GreatPlains

JammuandKashmir

HimachalPradesh

Uttarakhand

UttarPradesh

Bihar

Sikkim

SevenSisterStates

ArunachalPradesh

Assam

Meghalaya

Manipur

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Nagaland

Tripura

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ThecapitalofKarnatakaisthecityofBangalore(Bengaluru). Find

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andwritethenameoftheseaalongthatborder. Thecoastlineis

knownastheMalabarCoast. WriteMalabarCoastalongthis

coastline.

Findthefollowingreservoirsonthemapandcolorthem:

Linganamakki,Bhadra,Tungabhadra. Thehighestplungewaterfalls

inIndiaaretheJogFalls;findtheJogFallsonthemapanddrawa

smallwaterfalliconnexttoitslocationdot.

TheWesternGhatsrunalongtheMalabarCoastinthestate. Find

thearcline,drawaseriesofsmallmountainsalongtheline,and

labelthem.

Mysuru,orMysore,wasthecapitalofakingdomruledbythe

Wodeyardynastyfor550yearswhentheBritishcolonizedIndia. Itis

famousforitsdistinctiveculture. FindMysuruonthemapandcircle

itslocationdotinpurple.

ThereareaseriesofhistoricHindutemplesinthenorthernhalfof

thestate. Locatethemanddrawasmalltempleiconnexttoeach

locationdot: Badamitemples,Pattadakaltemples,andAIhole

templecomplex.

ThecityofBijapurisfamousforitshistoricIslamicarchitectureit

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conqueredbytheMughalsandremainedundertheircontroluntil

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