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Evolution of Geographical Thought in India: Introduction, the Roots of Indian Geography in the Ancient Literature, Indian Geography During the Middle Ages

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Introduction

  • India, the home of one of the earliest civilizations in the world is also the origin of many scientific disciplines developed in the western world. The same is the case with the geographical thoughts which have mentions on the earlier Indian texts like Upanishads, Vedas and epics.
  • The formal growth started in the 1920 when a Geographical Association was established at a college in Lahore on 1920 for the first time. And later on it was established in Aligarh in 1924 and in Patna in 1927; therefore geographical studies found their expression in India education …

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The Myth and Reality of Dualisms: Meaning of Dualism and Dichotomy in Geography, Systematic Geography Versus Regional Geography

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Meaning of Dualism and Dichotomy in Geography

  • Dualism is the state of being divided. The dichotomy is a result of dualism which means the division of branches in a discipline. Geography has been undergoing dualisms and dichotomies form the beginning of its growth.
  • The early, medieval and modern geographers had different thoughts about the discipline, the methodology used in geography. For example, Greek scholars like Aristotle, Herodotus or Hecataeus emphasized on physical geography; Roman scholars like Strabo insisted on regional geography while Ptolemy stressed on mathe…

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