SOUTH ASIA INTRODUCTION

South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethnic-cultural terms. The region consists of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

South Asia as the preferred term is particularly common when scholars or officials seek to differentiate this region from East Asia. According to historians Sugata Bose and Ayesha Jalal, the Indian subcontinent has come to be known as South Asia “in more recent and neutral parlance.”

Home to 1.75 billion people, South Asia has the world’s tallest mountains and is the origin of some of the world’s oldest civilizations and the wellspring of Hinduism, Buddhism, Sanamahism, Sikhism, and Jainism.

The strongest economies in South Asia at the moment are Bangladesh, India, and Nepal. In South Asia, countries have grown their economies primarily through investments in infrastructure, agriculture, and manufacturing.

HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF SOUTH ASIA

1 INDIA – HISTORY 

• INDIAN FOOD
• INDIAN CULTURE
• INDIAN RELIGION
• INDIAN POLITICS
• INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

Historical South India has been referred to as Deccan, a prakritic derivative of an ancient term ‘Dakshiṇa’ or Dakshinapatha. The term had geographical as well as geopolitical meaning and was mentioned as early as Panini (500 BCE).

2 PAKISTAN – HISTORY 

3 BANGLADESH – HISTORY 

4 SRILANKA – HISTORY 

5 NEPAL – HISTORY 

6 BHUTAN – HISTORY 

7 AFGHANISTAN 

8 MALDIVES