111512South AsiaLots of people- 1.562 Billion People - Can Region provide for itself?o Widespread poverty o Green Revolution- Nuclear armed states that have fought territorial wars Indian sub-continento Himalayas & Tibet – Northo West—Deserts; East—Mtn./Foresto Barrier to contact & communication Indian Oceano Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal Monsoon climate River Valleyso Induso Gangeso Brahmaputra Deccan (or Indian) Pateau Western & Eastern Ghatso Edge of plateau & narrow coastal plain Thar Desert Sundarbanso Mouth of the Ganges Civilizationso Older: Indus River & Rann of Kutcho Ganges River (Religious Hearth) Dravidian: earlier migration/ inhabitants Indo-Aryan migration (5000 BP)o Hinduism Colonization & Independence Regions Indus – Ganges – Brahmaputra Lowlando Large populations Peninsular Indiao Deccan plateau & Coastlines Southern Islands (Indian Ocean) Mountainous North (Himilayas)States Indiao Hindu homeland/ Religious hearth Islamic Neighbors (populous)o Pakistan & Bangladesh Southern Islands (Sri Lanka & Maldives) Mountainous North (Nepal & Bhutan) Cities Bangladesho Dhaka Indiao New Delhi Nepalo Kathmandu Pakistano Islamabad Sri Lankao ColomboIndia 1,259,000,000 2nd most Populous state Largest Democracy Growing – most pop.? Complext cultural diversityo 650 languages (18 official) Hindi; Bengal; Dravidiano Numerous Religions Hinduism 81% (nationalism) Islam 11% (larger Muslim states)1947 Partition Led by
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