India is vast country.lying towards northern hemisphere. latitudinal extends are 8o4'N and 37o6'N and longitudinal extend are 68o7'E and 97o25'E.. the tropic of cancer divides india into two equal halves. area of india is 3.28 million sq.km. india is bounded by young fold mountains. from gujarat to arunachal pradesh there is an time lag of two hours. hence timne along the standard meridian of india passes through mirzapur is taken as the standard time for the whole country. boundaries northwest- pakistan, afghanistan. north- china , nepal and bhutan, east-mynmar, bangladesh. south srilanka, maldives.
india has had strong geographical and historical links with her neighbours.
