Introduction to India
India is known to be the enchanting land of dreams and fantasies. It is the
land of ancient sites, rituals and festivals. It is a country rich of the sacred
rivers, mighty Himalayas, saints, sagas and myths, and tantalizing legends with the epics of the battlefields.

The name India was originally applied to the country on both banks of
river Indus by the Greeks who served under the Hakhamanishya or
Achaemenid emperors of ancient Persia, or those who came with Alexander the great. The Sanskrit name for river Indus, Sindhu, became Hindu, Hidu. The ancient dialects of Iran (old Persia), which the Greeks turned into Indos, and this Indos is the source of Indus, and India.

It is a densely populated country with a population of over 900 million
people, speaking 1650 different dialects. The constitution however has
listed 18 principal Languages with Hindi and English as official languages.
The most commonly practiced religion is Hinduism although; there is a great mass, which practice Buddhism, Christianity and Muslim. India is divided into 29 states and 5 Union Territories with each of them having its own charm for tourists.