Overview
- The chapter, titled India and Her Neighbours, is newly added to the revised Class VII Social Science book Exploring Society: India and Beyond.
- On India–Pakistan ties, the text states that frequent terrorist attacks launched against India with the support of the Pakistan Army have prevented normal relations.
- The section on China highlights deep civilisational connections and recent border tensions, noting ongoing efforts to resolve disputes through trade, dialogue and border mechanisms.
- The book expands the idea of neighbourhood beyond land borders to include maritime partners, and sketches key ties with Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka and the Maldives.
- A fact-box traces civilisational links through examples such as 13th-century Hindu merchant temples in Quanzhou and explains the Kartarpur Corridor’s 2019 opening after proposals dating to the 1990s.