South Asia

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region subregion of Asia

South Asia is a culturally and linguistically diverse region of the Asian continent that includes countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, and the Maldives.

Aliases (4)

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	region → subregion of Asia →
abbreviation	SAARC region →
borderedBy	Central Asia → East Asia → Indian Ocean → Southeast Asia → Western Asia →
characterizedBy	cultural diversity → high population density → linguistic diversity →
continent	Asia →
hasCountry	Bangladesh → Bhutan → India → Maldives → Nepal → Pakistan → Sri Lanka →
hasLargestCity	Delhi metropolitan area →
hasLargestCountryByArea	India →
hasLargestCountryByPopulation	India →
hasMajorCity	Colombo → Dhaka → Islamabad → Karachi → Kathmandu → Male → Mumbai →
hasMajorLanguageFamily	Dravidian languages → Indo-Aryan languages → Iranian languages →
hasMajorOrganization	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation →
hasMajorReligion	Buddhism → Christianity → Hinduism → Islam → Sikhism →
hasMajorRiver	Brahmaputra River → Ganges → Indus River →
hasMajorSea	Arabian Sea → Bay of Bengal →
hasMountainRange	Himalayas → Hindu Kush → Karakoram →
hasRegionalBloc	South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation →
hasSubregion	Indian subcontinent →
locatedIn	Eastern Hemisphere → Northern Hemisphere →
partOf	Asian continent →

Referenced by (420)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1972 Republican Constitution of Sri Lanka → Afghan → Afghan afghani → Afghanistan → Afghan–Pakistan relations → Ahmad Shah Durrani → Aiwan-e-Sadr → Alauddin Khalji ("Indian subcontinent") → Austroasiatic → Bangladeshi taka → Battle of the Admin Box → Bhutanese ngultrum → Bitra → Black Water → Brahmi script ("Indian subcontinent") → British Ceylon → British India ("Indian subcontinent") → Ceylon Independence Act 1947 → Ceylon rupee → Chenab River → Christian Missionary Society High School, Karachi → Daniyal Mirza → Dhaka → Din-i Ilahi → Dravidian peoples → Durrani Empire → Emirate of Afghanistan → Faizi → Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi ("Indian subcontinent") → First Battle of Panipat ("Indian subcontinent") → Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna river system → Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq ("Indian subcontinent") → Government of India Act 1919 ("Indian subcontinent") → Guru Nanak → Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance → Indian Standard Time → Indian philosophy ("Indian subcontinent") → Indo-Aryan languages → Indus Waters Treaty → Jaffna Lagoon → Jagat Gosain ("Indian subcontinent") → Jawaharlal Nehru Rajkeeya Mahavidyalaya → Jeru → Karnali River → Kashmiri Pandit → Kingdom of Kandy → Knight Grand Commander ("Indian subcontinent") → Liberal Democratic Party (Sri Lanka) → Mahaz-e Milli → Mahmud Shah Durrani → Maldives → Maratha Empire ("Indian subcontinent") → Middle Indo-Aryan → Middle Indo-Aryan ("Indian subcontinent") → Mir Taqi Mir → Mon-Khmer → Mughal Empire ("Indian subcontinent") → Mughal dynasty ("Indian subcontinent") → Muhammad bin Tughlaq ("Indian subcontinent") → NPR → National Youth Peace Prize → Nepalese rupee → North Andaman Island → Parviz Mirza → Pashto language → Pashtuns → People's Republic of Bangladesh → Persian language → Portuguese Ceylon → Pāṇini ("Indian subcontinent") → Ravi River → Ruqaiya Sultan Begum ("Indian subcontinent") → SAFTA → Sahiba Banu Begum ("Indian subcontinent") → Salima Sultan Begum ("Indian subcontinent") → Sanskrit ("Indian subcontinent") → Saraiki → Sino-Tibetan languages → South Asian ethnic groups → Southern Dravidian → Sri Lanka → Standard of the Prime Minister of Pakistan → Suhrawardiyya → Suhrawardiyya ("Indian subcontinent") → Timur Shah Durrani → Tirich Mir → Tughlaq dynasty ("Indian subcontinent") → Vatteluttu script ("Indian subcontinent") →	region
Afghanistan–Pakistan border → Alexandria in Arachosia → Alexandria on the Indus → Alexandria on the Indus ("Indian subcontinent") → Anglo-Afghan Wars → Azad Jammu and Kashmir → Baluchistan (Chief Commissioner's Province) → Bengal Presidency → Bengal Sultanate ("Indian subcontinent") → Bombay Presidency ("Indian subcontinent") → British Sind ("Indian subcontinent") → British Sind → Chenab River ("Indian subcontinent") → Colombo → Debal ("Indian subcontinent") → Dominion of Ceylon → Dutch Bengal ("Indian subcontinent") → Eastern India → Gandaki River → Ganges → Ganges ("Indian subcontinent") → Gilgit-Baltistan → Hindu Kush → Indian princely states ("Indian subcontinent") → Indo-Gangetic Plain → Indus River basin → Indus Valley → Jaitpur ("Indian subcontinent") → Jamuna River → Kabul → Karakoram → Kosi → Kushan Empire → Lahore Central Jail, Lahore, British India ("Indian subcontinent") → Manas River → Maurya Empire ("Indian subcontinent") → Meghna River → Mithila region → North Sentinel Island → Northern India → People's Republic of Bangladesh ("Indian subcontinent") → Portuguese India ("Indian subcontinent") → Portuguese India → Punjab → Punjab ("Indian subcontinent") → Purna ("Indian subcontinent") → Rajputana Agency ("Indian subcontinent") → Ravi → SAARC Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS Centre → Shikarpur District → Sikh Confederacy ("Indian subcontinent") → Sikh Confederacy → Sind → Sindh → South Asian ethnic groups ("Indian subcontinent") → South India ("Southern Asia") → Southern Punjab, Pakistan → Sundarbans → The Hump → United Provinces ("Indian subcontinent") → Western India → Western India ("Indian subcontinent") →	locatedIn
Aquila rapax ("Indian subcontinent") → Axis axis ("Indian subcontinent") → Callosciurinae → Cannabis → Hesperethusa → Hesperethusa crenulata → Holoptelea integrifolia ("Indian subcontinent") → Indian gazelle ("Indian subcontinent") → Indian peafowl ("Indian subcontinent") → Mangifera → Mango → Manouria → Ovis orientalis → Pavo cristatus ("Indian subcontinent") → Rusa unicolor ("Indian subcontinent") → Tamil people → chicken → great Indian bustard ("Indian subcontinent") → greater flamingo →	nativeTo
BIMSTEC → Carnegie Mellon University Qatar campus → Dubai Internet City → East India Company Military Seminary, Addiscombe ("Indian subcontinent") → Economic Cooperation Organization → Islamic Solidarity Fund → Jaffna International Airport → SAARC Arbitration Council → SAARC Cultural Centre → SAARC Development Fund → SAARC Disaster Management Centre → SAARC Energy Centre → SAARC Secretariat → SAARC Summit → South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → South Asian University → Standing Committee (SAARC) →	regionServed
Aravalli Range ("Indian subcontinent") → Assam ("Indian subcontinent") → Carnatic region of India ("Indian subcontinent") → Central India ("Indian subcontinent") → Coromandel Coast ("Indian subcontinent") → Deccan Plateau ("Indian subcontinent") → Eastern India ("Indian subcontinent") → Konkan ("Indian subcontinent") → Malwa ("Indian subcontinent") → Marwar ("Indian subcontinent") → Northern India ("Indian subcontinent") → Potohar Plateau → South India ("Indian subcontinent") → Thar Desert ("Indian subcontinent") →	partOf
Anglo-Maratha Wars ("Indian subcontinent") → Anglo-Nepalese War ("Indian subcontinent") → Anglo-Sikh Wars ("Indian subcontinent") → Battle of the Hydaspes ("Indian subcontinent") → Great Game ("Indian subcontinent") → Mongol invasions of India ("Indian subcontinent") → Mughal court artisans ("Indian subcontinent") → Partition of India → Reorganization of the Indian Army during World War II ("Indian subcontinent") → Third Anglo-Maratha War ("Indian subcontinent") → Vedic period ("Indian subcontinent") →	location
Bos indicus → Brugia malayi → Indo-European language family → Manouria tortoises → Qadiri → Qadiri ("Indian subcontinent") → Sanskritized Prakrits ("Indian subcontinent") → Sufism → Tamaricaceae ("Indian subcontinent") →	geographicDistribution
Damascene steel ("Indian subcontinent") → Devanagari Extended-A → Maharaja ("Indian subcontinent") → Naskh script → Omar → Oxford of the East → Prakrit → tanka ("Indian subcontinent") →	usedIn
Agamas ("Indian subcontinent") → Asian New Zealander → Bose ("Indian subcontinent") → Indians ("Indian subcontinent") → Samaveda ("Indian subcontinent") → Vaisheshika ("Indian subcontinent") → Yajurveda ("Indian subcontinent") →	regionOfOrigin
.bd → Baloch people → Bhutan → India → Nepal → Pakistan → Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte →	subregion
Early Islamic period → Indian State Forces → Indo-Iranian languages → Islamic medicine ("Indian subcontinent") → Stray Feathers ("Indian subcontinent") → TUNAN →	geographicScope
Karachi District → Malé → Nasirabad → Peshawar Division → Safed Koh → Southern Afghanistan →	locatedInRegion
Ajmer-Merwara ("Indian subcontinent") → Faizabad ("Indian subcontinent") → Iravati → Punjabi people → Sevagram ("Indian subcontinent") →	locatedInSubcontinent
Inter-Services Intelligence → Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan ("Indian subcontinent") → Mohammad Ali Bogra → Muhammad Akbar ("Indian subcontinent") → Muhammad bin Qasim ("Indian subcontinent") →	regionOfActivity
Amir → Lashkari Zaban → Mirza ("Indian subcontinent") → Subhas → ud-Daulah →	usedInRegion
Brahui people → Maharaja → Mahavir Jayanti ("Indian subcontinent") → Sri Yantra ("Indian subcontinent") →	culturalRegion
Abu’l-Fazl ibn Mubarak → Baghat ("Indian subcontinent") → Brahmins ("Indian subcontinent") → Hamida Banu Begum ("Indian subcontinent") →	historicalRegion
Great Andamanese languages → Jarawa language → Nicobarese → Nicobarese languages →	macroArea
Buddhism ("Indian subcontinent") → Jainism ("Indian subcontinent") → Sikh people → Vedas ("Indian subcontinent") →	originatedIn
Northeast monsoon → Southwest monsoon → Southwest monsoon ("Indian subcontinent") →	affectsRegion
Central Asia → East Asia → South-Central Asia →	bordersRegion
Hadoti ("Indian subcontinent") → Karachi Central District ("Indian subcontinent") → Rajkot Airport ("Indian subcontinent") →	locatedOnSubcontinent
Aga Khan Trust for Culture → U.S. Central Command → al-Qaeda →	operatesIn
Bos indicus ("Indian subcontinent") → Roma people ("Indian subcontinent") → Romani language ("Indian subcontinent") →	origin
Indo-Aryan languages ("Indian subcontinent") → Proto-Dravidian → Proto-Dravidian ("Indian subcontinent") →	spokenIn
INDOPACOM → U.S. Army Pacific →	areaOfResponsibility
Hindu nationalism → Nastaʿlīq ("Indian subcontinent") →	associatedWithRegion
Indian Ocean trade network → Indian Ocean trade network ("Indian subcontinent") →	connectedRegion
Khyber Pass ("Indian subcontinent") → Silk Road routes →	connects
Asia → Asia ("Indian subcontinent") →	containsSubregion
Mangifera → greater flamingo ("Indian subcontinent") →	distribution
Khan → Singh ("Indian subcontinent") →	hasOrigin
Gunpowder Empires → Islamic world →	hasRegion
Old World ("Indian subcontinent") → South Asia ("Indian subcontinent") →	hasSubregion
Greater Middle East → Indo-Australian Plate ("Indian subcontinent") →	includesRegion
Eastern Afghanistan → Umarkot →	locatedInSubregion
Bronze Age → Iron Age →	occursIn
Roma ("Indian subcontinent") → Vedanta ("Indian subcontinent") →	originatesFrom
British East India Company ("Indian subcontinent") → EIC ("Indian subcontinent") →	primaryRegionOfActivity
Charter of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation → The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds ("Indian subcontinent") →	regionCovered
Oman Air ("Indian Subcontinent") → Star TV →	serviceArea
Dhaka ("Indian subcontinent") → Sind Province (Pakistan) ("Indian subcontinent") →	subcontinent
Ibn Battuta → Ibn Battuta ("Indian subcontinent") →	traveledTo
4.2 kiloyear event →	affects
Indo-Mauritians ("Indian subcontinent") →	ancestralOrigin
pir →	appearsInRegion
mansabdari system →	appliedIn
British Indian law ("Indian subcontinent") →	appliesTo
Company rule in India ("Indian subcontinent") →	appliesToJurisdiction
United States Indo-Pacific Command →	areaOfResponsibilityIncludes
BT →	associatedCountryRegion
Bengali Muslims →	associatedRegion
Ismaili Shia ("Indian subcontinent") →	associatedWith
Western China →	borderedBy
Oryza sativa →	centerOfDomestication
Mustafa →	commonInRegion
Eurasia ("Indian subcontinent") →	contains
Department of Islamic Art ("Indian subcontinent") →	coversGeographicRegion
Department of Islamic Art →	coversRegion
IR64 →	cultivatedIn
Persians →	culturalInfluence
Tagore family →	culturalInfluenceRegion
Islamic art →	developedInRegion
Indo-Islamic architecture ("Indian subcontinent") →	emergedIn
Iranian peoples →	ethnicGroupOf
Romani ("Indian subcontinent") →	ethnicOrigin
Sayyids →	ethnicRegion
Silk Road routes ("Indian subcontinent") →	extendsTo
Asian Passage →	featuresRegion
Sikhism →	foundedInSubcontinent
Sulh-i Kul ("Indian subcontinent") →	geographicalScope
Brahmic scripts →	geographicRegion
Arakan →	hasCulturalInfluenceFrom
Dharma Chakra ("Indian subcontinent") →	hasCulturalOrigin
Eastern religions →	hasGeographicFocus
Ahmadiyya →	hasGlobalPresenceIn
Indo-Iranian peoples ("Indian subcontinent") →	hasHistoricalRegion
Late Bronze Age →	hasLocation
Radical Reformation →	hasMainRegion
Hinduism ("Indian subcontinent") →	hasOriginPlace
Indo-Pacific region →	hasPart
Ahmed →	hasUsageRegion
Dilip Hiro →	hasWrittenAbout
Persian →	historicalLanguageOfCultureIn
Arabian Sea ("Indian subcontinent") →	historicallyLinkedRegions
Federally Administered Tribal Areas →	historicalRegionOf
Khora →	indigenousTo
Turco-Mongol →	influencedRegion
Platycladus →	introducedTo
Islamic Golden Age →	mainRegion
Oman Air ("Indian subcontinent") →	notableRouteRegion
Dussehra →	observedInRegion
John Company ("Indian subcontinent") →	operatedIn
Careem →	operatesInRegion
Damascene steel ("Indian subcontinent") →	originRegion
The Arctic Home in the Vedas ("Indian subcontinent") →	placeDescribed
Murad Mirza ("Indian subcontinent") →	placeOfActivity
Fatawa-e-Alamgiri ("Indian subcontinent") →	placeOfCompilation
Indians in South Africa ("Indian subcontinent") →	primaryAncestralOrigin
Indo-Caribbean people →	primaryAncestralRegion
Southwest monsoon →	primaryRainySeasonFor
Pakistan nuclear weapons program →	regionalContext
Bangladeshi →	regionAssociatedWith
Museum of Islamic Art, Doha →	regionOfFocus
IR8 →	regionOfMajorImpact
SriLankan Airlines →	regionOfOperation
Shaheed-e-Azam →	regionOfUsage
IN →	regionRepresented
Shah Jahan ("Indian subcontinent") →	regionRuled
Himalayas ("Indian subcontinent") →	separates
Sinbad the Sailor →	settingRegion
Shadhiliyya ("Indian subcontinent") →	spreadTo
Bangladeshi American →	subregionOfOrigin
Seven Years' War →	theater
No. 11 Squadron RAF →	theatre
Second Anglo-Maratha War ("Indian subcontinent") →	theatreOfWar
Southern Arabia ("Indian subcontinent") →	tradedWith
Greco-Bactrian Kingdom ("Indian subcontinent") →	tradePartner
Kangaroo Route between Australia and the United Kingdom →	typicalStopoverRegion
Persian language ("Indian subcontinent (historically)") →	usedAsLinguaFrancaIn
Mango →	widelyConsumedIn
Maturidi →	widelyFollowedIn
IR36 →	widelyGrownIn
George Everest ("Indian subcontinent") →	workLocation