. Europe and other continents . ly civilization. From the very earliest times thepeople have been engaged in farming, and at present fullythree-fifths of the population follow that occupation. As there are 287,000,000 inhabitants in an area of about1,559,000 square miles, it will be seen that there is an averageof 184 persons for every square mile; and in parts of the coun-try there are 500 per square mile. The density of populationmay be better understood byremembering that there areonly twenty persons persquare mile in the UnitedStates. There are, in fact,almost as many people inIndia as in
. Europe and other continents . ly civilization. From the very earliest times thepeople have been engaged in farming, and at present fullythree-fifths of the population follow that occupation. As there are 287,000,000 inhabitants in an area of about1,559,000 square miles, it will be seen that there is an averageof 184 persons for every square mile; and in parts of the coun-try there are 500 per square mile. The density of populationmay be better understood byremembering that there areonly twenty persons persquare mile in the UnitedStates. There are, in fact,almost as many people inIndia as in North America,South America, and Africatogether. Millet, which grows onthe dryer lands, and rice,which is raised on theriver lowlands where theland can be flooded, arethe staple foods of the na-tives. After the densepopulation is fed, however,little is left for , on the other hand,is raised for export, andIndia is a vast granary for Great Britain. Much cotton isalso produced. Some of this is manufactured into coarse. Fig. tea plant. 384 ASIA fabrics for use at home and for export to China and Africa ;but much is exported as raw cotton, for use in the cottonmills of Great Britain. Other agricultural products aretea, sugar cane, tobacco, opium obtained from a species ofpoppy, indigo of value as a dye, and jute grown upon thesandy river bars for the sake of its coarse, strong fibre.
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