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๐ฎ๐ณ Vindhya Range
Ancient hills dividing North and South India โ the cultural watershed of the subcontinent
India 1800 Indian Geography
๐ฎ๐ณ Key Facts
1
Roughly 1,050 km along the northern edge of the Deccan Plateau
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Ancient cultural divide between North India (Indo-Gangetic plain) and South India (Deccan)
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Son, Narmada and Tapti rivers originate here; dense forests home to tigers and leopards
In Hindu mythology, Vindhya mountains once challenged the Himalayas โ stopped by sage Agastya
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๐ฎ๐ณ Indian Geography
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๐ฎ๐ณ India
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1800
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Ancient hills dividing North and South India โ the cultural watershed of the subcontinent