Geography Optional 300+ Score Pack · Model answer
Bring out the role of terrain in determining India’s political influence over neighbouring countries.
- UPSC 2014
- Political Aspects
The Himalayan arc, a 2,400 km rampart rising above 6,000 m, seals Nepal and Bhutan from the sea along their entire northern flank. The political consequence is structural: both are land-locked, and every economical outlet runs southward across Indian territory, so transit becomes India's standing instrument of leverage without any treaty having to create it.
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- High mountain wall — terrain that manufactures dependence
- Passes — terrain as a controlled gateway
- Open terrain — where influence is diluted
- Terrain that defeats control altogether
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