The Personality of India: Pre- and Proto-historic Foundation of India and Pakistan c14.s1.t7.55

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Discussing one of the major lineaments of Indian History, Spate¹ points out that one of the basic structure-lines "runs slantwise from about Muttra on the Jumna above Agra, along the Aravallis to the Gulf of Cambay". This line is very important and it marks the eastern limit of the Indus Valley Civilization, limit of the Achaemenid and Greek influences. Even in the historical periods, except for short periods of large States and empires, it was always a major boundary (See Figs. 34 & 35). On account of the dissected jungly country that separates Gujarat from Malwa, and its position under the shadow of the Rajputana desert, Gujarat was a major shatter zone, "as shown by numerous States and Statelets (down to a population of 96 and areas of a square mile!)"