Region

South Asia

Also Known As Indian Subcontinent The two terms are used near-interchangeably; subcontinent emphasizes the shared tectonic plate and physical geography.

Asia

The Indian subcontinent and its surrounding states, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, set off from the rest of Asia by the Himalayas, the Hindu Kush and the Indian Ocean. It holds about a quarter of the world population on about ten percent of the Asian landmass, and Afghanistan is sometimes counted as part of it as well.

Facts

Area (sq km)

5,222,321 2

About 10 percent of the Asian continent.

Population

2,040,000,000 2

2024 estimate, about a quarter of world population.

Classification

Region Type

Cultural Region 1

Region Type

Cultural Region 1

Connections

Associated With

Agra

Asia

Source Asia (Wikipedia)

Bangladesh

Bengal

Bengal is a region in South Asia, north of the Bay of Bengal.

Source Bengal (Wikipedia)

Bhopal

Bhutan

Erode

India is listed under Southern Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.

Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)

India

Itanagar

India is listed under Southern Asia in the UN M49 geoscheme.

Source United Nations M49 Standard Country or Area Codes for Statistical Use (Geoscheme)

Jaipur

Maldives

Nepal

Nepal lies in South Asia, between India and the Tibet Autonomous Region of China.

Source Nepal (Wikipedia)

Source Ganges (Wikipedia)

The Himalayas

Source Encyclopaedia Britannica

Varanasi

Visakhapatnam

Demonstrates

Monsoon Circulation

The South Asian summer monsoon supplies close to eighty percent of India's annual rainfall.

Source Monsoon (Wikipedia)

Shaped By

Continental Collision

Source South Asia (Wikipedia)

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Origin Of

Asian Citrus Psyllid

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Karnal Bunt

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Khapra Beetle

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Red Palm Weevil

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Afghan Cuisine

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Source Afghan Cuisine (Wikipedia)tier 2

Biryani

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Burmese Cuisine

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Source Burmese Cuisine (Wikipedia)tier 2

Chicken Karahi

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Source Karahi - Wikipedia

Cucumber

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Source Cucumber, Wikipedia

Khushka Rice

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Source Khushka Rice (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph

Quote, Lead paragraph

Khushka, kuska, or Khusqa is a rice dish of primarily South Asian origin made with spices, rice (usually basmati) and ghee.

Long Pepper

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Source CooksInfo: Long PepperEncyclopaedia entry text

Quote, Encyclopaedia entry text

Long Pepper is native to South Asia.

Paya (food)

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Pilaf

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Source Pilaf (Wikipedia)tier 3

Roti Canai

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Source Roti canai (Wikipedia)tier 3

Spice Trade Traditions

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Source The Oxford Companion to FoodAlan Davidsontier 1

Tandoor Cooking

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Source Tandoor (Wikipedia)

Toddy

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Source Palm Wine (Wikipedia)tier 2

Turmeric

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Source Turmeric (Wikipedia)tier 2

Urad Bean

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Zedoary

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Ginan

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Source Ginans, Wikipedia

Na'at

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Source Naat, Wikipedia

Nazm

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Source Nazm (Wikipedia)tier 2

Shahr Ashob

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Source Wikipedia: Shahr Ashob

Location Of

Founding of the Maurya Empire

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Source Maurya Empire (Wikipedia)Leadtier 2

Quote, Lead

a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power in South Asia

Site Of

Ali al-Hujwiri

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Found There

Cattle

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Source Cattle (Wikipedia)

Eggplant

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Source Eggplant (Wikipedia)tier 2

Jute

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Source Jute (Wikipedia)

Khapra Beetle

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Mango

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Source Mango (Wikipedia)tier 2

Peste des Petits Ruminants

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Water Buffalo

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Source Wikipedia: Water buffalotier 2

Zebu

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Global Sanitation Fund

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Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership

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Source Water and Sanitation Program, WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

GWSP works in more than 25 countries through regional offices in Africa, East and South Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, and an office in Washington, D.C. Heath P. Tarbert is the Acting Executive Director for the United States.

Guinea Worm Eradication Program

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Measles & Rubella Partnership

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Classical Antiquity

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Indus Valley Civilization

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The Ancient Near East and Bronze Age World

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The Mughal Golden Age

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The Post-Classical and Medieval Period

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Austric

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Austroasiatic

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Source Wikipedia: Austroasiatic LanguagesLead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

The Austroasiatic languages ( OSS-troh-ay-zhee-AT-ik, AWSS-) are a large language family spoken throughout Mainland Southeast Asia, South Asia, and East Asia.

Dravidian

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East Asian languages

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Elamo-Dravidian

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Source Elamo-Dravidian languages (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

The Elamo-Dravidian language family (also known as the Zagrosian language family) is a hypothesised language family that links the Elamite language of ancient Elam (present-day southwestern Iran and southeastern Iraq) to the Dravidian languages of South Asia.

Indo-Aryan

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Source Wikipedia: Indo-Aryan LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

As of the early 21st century, there were 800 million speakers, primarily concentrated east of the Indus River in South Asia, spread across Eastern Pakistan, Northern India, southern Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Maldives.

Indo-Iranian

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Source Wikipedia: Indo-Iranian LanguagesLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

They include over 300 languages, spoken by around 1.7 billion speakers worldwide, predominantly in South Asia, West Asia and parts of Central Asia.

Mon-Khmer languages

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Old Iranian languages

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Prakrit

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Pre-Indo-European

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Sanskrit

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Source Wikipedia: SanskritLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

It arose in South Asia after its predecessor languages had diffused there from the northwest in the late Bronze Age.

Tibeto-Burman

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Source Wikipedia: Tibeto-Burman languagesLead sentence 2tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 2

Over 400 Tibeto-Burmese languages are spoken throughout the Southeast Asian Massif ("Zomia") as well as parts of East Asia and South Asia.

Urdu

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Source Wikipedia: UrduLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Urdu (اُرْدُو, urdū, [ˈʊɾduː] ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken primarily in South Asia.

Western Iranian

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African Lion