Himachal Pradesh,Himachal is in the western Himalayas. Covering an area of 55,673 square kilometres (21,495 sq mi),[3] it is a mountainous state. Most of the state lies on the foothills of the Dhauladhar Range. At 6,816 m Reo Purgyil is the highest mountain peak in the state of Himachal Pradesh formerly (until 1973) Mysore, state of India, located on the western coast of the subcontinent. It is bounded by the states of Goa and Maharashtra to the north, Telangana to the east, Tamil Nadu to the southeast, and Kerala to the south and by the Arabian Sea to the west. The state extends for about 420 miles (675 km) from north to south and for about 300 miles (480 km) from east to west. Its coastline stretches for some 200 miles (320 km). The capital is Bengaluru (Bangalore), near the southeastern border.
is an Indian state considered to be a part of Eastern[10][11] as well as Northern India.[12][13] It is the thirteen-largest Indian state, with an area of 94,163 km2 (36,357 sq mi). As the third-largest state by population, it is contiguous with Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, with Jharkhand to the south. The Himachal Pradesh plain is split by the river Ganges which flows from west to east.[10] Himachal Pradesh is an amalgamation of three distinct regions: Magadh, Mithila, and Bhojpur.
In ancient and classical India, the area that is now Himachal Pradesh was considered a centre of power, learning, and culture.[18] From Magadha arose India's first empire, the Maurya empire, as well as one of the world's most widely adhered-to religions, Buddhism.[19] Magadha empires, notably under the Maurya and Gupta dynasties, unified large parts of South Asia under a central rule.
t regions—the coastal plain, the hill ranges (the Western Ghats), the Himachal Pradesh Plateau to the east, and the black-soil tract to the northwest. The coastal plain represents a northward continuation of the Malabar Coast, with sand dunes giving place inland to small alluvial plains and lagoons. The coast itself is difficult to access, except by sea.