The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering 70,560,000 km2 or approximately 20% of the water area of Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Afri
The ocean-floor of the Indian Ocean is divided by spreading ridges and crisscrossed by aseismic structures
During summer, warm continental masses draw moist air from the Indian Ocean, producing heavy rainfall. The process is reversed during winter, resulting in dry conditions.
Air pollution in the Indian subcontinent spread over the Bay of Bengal and beyond.
Madagascar's elephant bird, Mauritius's dodo bird and ostrich (from left to right)
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the world's seventh-largest country by area and the largest by population. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arab
Indian Ocean
…known by its present name since at least 1515, when the Latin form Oceanus Orientalis Indicus (lit. 'Indian Eastern Ocean') is attested, named after India, which projects into it. It was earlier known as the Eastern Ocean, a term that was still in use during the mid-18th century, as opposed to the Western…
Manuscript illustration, c. 1650, of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, composed in story-telling fashion c. 400 BCE – c. 300 CE
Cave 26, a Buddhist shrine, of the rock-cut Ajanta Caves
The Brihadisvara Temple, built by Chola monarch Rajaraja I between 1003 and 1010 CE
Calligraphy on the Qutb Minar, built in the Delhi sultanate from 1199 CE to 1220 CE