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India : is a large peninsular region in southern Asia that is usually called a subcontinent. It is located between the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea, south of the Himalayas. India is the seventh largest country in the world and the largest in South Asia. — Webster See also OneLook

Encyclopedia

India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country in the world by area and the most populous country. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. — Wikipedia

India (Encyclopædia Britannica)

India (The World Factbook, CIA)
India (BBC Country Profiles)

India (Wolfram Alpha)

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Inspiration

Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was commissioned in 1631 by the fifth Mughal emperor, Shah Jahan (r. 1628–1658) to house the tomb of his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal; it also houses the tomb of Shah Jahan himself. The tomb is the centrepiece of a 17-hectare (42-acre) complex, which includes a mosque and a guest house, and is set in formal gardens bounded on three sides by a crenellated wall. Construction of the mausoleum was completed in 1648, but work continued on other phases of the project for another five years. — Wikipedia

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Odyssey Visual Media (YouTube Channel)
Odyssey Visual Media (Official Website)

Samsung & UNESCO: 360° Film on Taj Mahal (Samsung India, YouTube 360° Video)
Taj Mahal, the Perl of India (Air Pano, YouTube 360° Video)
Taj Mahal, India (Google Maps Treks)

Taj Mahal (Official Website)
Taj Mahal (World Heritage List, UNESCO)
Taj Mahal UNESCO World Heritage Site (National Geographic)

Explore India in 360° (Google Arts & Culture, YouTube 360° Video)
Virtual India 360° (YouTube 360° Videos Channel)

Introducing India (Lonely Planet, YouTube Video)
Travel Destinations in India (Lonely Planet, Website)

Travel in India (National Geographic)
India Destinations (Frommer’s)

Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in India (Atlas Obscura)

Fun in the Sun

11 of the Best Beaches in India (Charukesi Ramadurai, CNN)

Best Beaches in India (Google)
Best Beaches in India (YouTube)

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Preservation

India (World Heritage List, UNESCO)
List of World Heritage Sites in India (Wikipedia)

History

India and Central Asia (The History Guy, YouTube Playlist)

India (World History Encyclopedia)

Museum

National Museum of India in New Delhi is one of the largest museums in India. Established in 1949, it holds a variety of articles ranging from the pre-historic era to modern works of art. It functions under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. The museum has around 200,000 works of art, mostly Indian, but some of foreign origin, covering over 5,000 years. — Wikipedia

National Museum of India, New Delhi (Official Website)

National Museum of India (Google Arts & Culture)
Kushana and Ikshvaku Arts (Google Arts & Culture, Virtual Tour)
Late Medieval Art Gallery (Google Arts & Culture, 360° Virtual Tour)
Gupta Terracottas and Early Medieval Art (Google Arts & Culture, 360°Virtual Tour)
Central Asian Antiquities Gallery (Google Arts & Culture, 360° Virtual Tour)
Harappan Civilisation Gallery (Google Arts & Culture, 360° Virtual Tour)

Sarmaya Arts Foundation is a not-for-profit curated repository of art, artefacts and living traditions from the Indian subcontinent, run by the Sarmaya Trust. Founded by former IndusInd Bank COO Paul Abraham in 2015, Sarmaya is based in Mumbai, India.[1] Sarmaya is a digital museum with a physical collection that represents the diverse histories and artistic traditions of the Subcontinent. Objects in the collection fall into the categories of numismatics, cartography, photography, engravings, modern art, living traditions and rare books. — Wikipedia

Digital Museum (Sarmaya Arts Foundation)

Museums in India (Museums of the World)