South Asia
South Asia is a geo-cultural region comprising the modern states of
India,
Pakistan,
Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka,
Nepal,
Bhutan, and the
Maldives. Often
Afghanistan is also included, sometimes
with the northern part of Afghanistan placed in
Central Asia.
It includes the region sometimes called the Indian subcontinent. It contains well over a fifth of the world's population and, after Sub-Saharan Africa, is also one of the world's poorest regions.
See also: History of South Asia