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Politics of India
Dagger and its scabbard, India, 17th—18th century. Blade: Damascus steel inlaid with gold; hilt: jade; scabbard: steel with engraved, chased and gilded decoration. Akbarnama —written in August 12, 1602—depicts the defeat of Baz Bahadur of Malwa by the Mughal troops in 1561. The Mughals extensively improved metal weapons and armor used by the armies of India.
History of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent
Indian spices include a variety of spices that are grown across the Indian subcontinent ( South Asia ). With different climates in different parts of the country, India produces a variety of spices, many of which are native to the Subcontinent, while others were imported from similar climates and have since been cultivated locally for centuries. Indian spices Spices are used in different forms - whole, chopped, ground, roasted, sauteed, fried and as topping. They blend food to extract the nutrients and bind them in a palatable form. Some spices are added at the end as a flavouring and are typically heated in a pan with ghee or cooking oil before being added to a dish.
List of Indian spices
India ( i / ˈ ɪ n d i ə / ), officially the Republic of India ( Bharat Ganrajya ) [ c ] , is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people , and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the south-west, and the Bay of Bengal on the south-east, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; [ d ] China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the north-east; and Burma and Bangladesh to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives ; in addition, India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia .
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