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A map showing the neighbours and political divisions of India

                    China, Bhutan and Nepal are the north-              east. Sri Lanka is separated from India by a
                    eastern neighbours of India. Th e  Chinese          narrow channel formed by the Palk Strait
                    border stretches all the way from the Union         and the Gulf of Mannar. Maldives is also a
                    Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in the north         neighbouring island of India located to the
                    to the state of Arunachal Pradesh in the east,      south-west.
                    passing along the states of Himachal Pradesh,       On the northern and north-eastern side, India
                    Uttarakhand and Sikkim. Bangladesh is               is also bounded by the young fold mountains
                    located to the east and Myanmar to the far          called the Himalayas.


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