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href="https://als.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indischer_Subkontinent" title="Indischer Subkontinent – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Indischer Subkontinent" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%A9" title="شبه القارة الهندية – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="شبه القارة الهندية" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frp mw-list-item"><a href="https://frp.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sot-continent_endien" title="Sot-continent endien – Arpitan" lang="frp" hreflang="frp" data-title="Sot-continent endien" data-language-autonym="Arpetan" data-language-local-name="Arpitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Arpetan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6" title="ভাৰতীয় উপমহাদেশ – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ভাৰতীয় উপমহাদেশ" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socontinente_indiu" title="Socontinente indiu – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Socontinente indiu" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA" title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindistan_yar%C4%B1mqit%C9%99si" title="Hindistan yarımqitəsi – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Hindistan yarımqitəsi" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BC_%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6" title="ভারতীয় উপমহাদেশ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভারতীয় উপমহাদেশ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Cn-t%C5%8D%CD%98_chh%C3%B9-t%C4%81i-lio%CC%8Dk" title="Ìn-tō͘ chhù-tāi-lio̍k – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Ìn-tō͘ chhù-tāi-lio̍k" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B" title="Һинд субконтиненты – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Һинд субконтиненты" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%8B%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D1%8B%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Індыйскі субкантынент – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Індыйскі субкантынент" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA" title="भारतीय उपमहादीप – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="भारतीय उपमहादीप" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subkontinenteng_Indio" title="Subkontinenteng Indio – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Subkontinenteng Indio" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Индийски субконтинент – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Индийски субконтинент" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijski_potkontinent" title="Indijski potkontinent – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Indijski potkontinent" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iskevandir_Indez" title="Iskevandir Indez – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Iskevandir Indez" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinent_indi" title="Subcontinent indi – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Subcontinent indi" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Subcontinent" title="Indian Subcontinent – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Indian Subcontinent" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indick%C3%BD_subkontinent" title="Indický subkontinent – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Indický subkontinent" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isgyfandir_India" title="Isgyfandir India – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Isgyfandir India" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_indiske_subkontinent" title="Det indiske subkontinent – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Det indiske subkontinent" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indischer_Subkontinent" title="Indischer Subkontinent – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Indischer Subkontinent" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-dv mw-list-item"><a href="https://dv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DE%84%DE%A6%DE%87%DE%B0%DE%83%DE%AC%DE%90%DE%A6%DE%A3%DE%A9%DE%83%DE%AA" title="ބައްރެސަޣީރު – Divehi" lang="dv" hreflang="dv" data-title="ބައްރެސަޣީރު" data-language-autonym="ދިވެހިބަސް" data-language-local-name="Divehi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ދިވެހިބަސް</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustani_poolsaar" title="Hindustani poolsaar – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Hindustani poolsaar" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE_%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%AE%CF%80%CE%B5%CE%B9%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82" title="Ινδική υποήπειρος – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ινδική υποήπειρος" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinente_indio" title="Subcontinente indio – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Subcontinente indio" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinda_subkontinento" title="Hinda subkontinento – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Hinda subkontinento" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ext mw-list-item"><a href="https://ext.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sucontinenti_Indiu" title="Sucontinenti Indiu – Extremaduran" lang="ext" hreflang="ext" data-title="Sucontinenti Indiu" data-language-autonym="Estremeñu" data-language-local-name="Extremaduran" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Estremeñu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiako_azpikontinentea" title="Indiako azpikontinentea – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Indiako azpikontinentea" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF" title="شبه‌قاره هند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شبه‌قاره هند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sous-continent_indien" title="Sous-continent indien – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Sous-continent indien" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yndysk_subkontinint" title="Yndysk subkontinint – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Yndysk subkontinint" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinente_indio" title="Subcontinente indio – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Subcontinente indio" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A4%E0%AB%80%E0%AA%AF_%E0%AA%89%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%96%E0%AA%82%E0%AA%A1" title="ભારતીય ઉપખંડ – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ભારતીય ઉપખંડ" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84_%EC%95%84%EB%8C%80%EB%A5%99" title="인도 아대륙 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="인도 아대륙" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%80%D5%B6%D5%A4%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A5%D5%B6%D5%A9%D5%A1%D6%81%D5%A1%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%84" title="Հնդկական ենթացամաք – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Հնդկական ենթացամաք" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA" title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijski_potkontinent" title="Indijski potkontinent – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Indijski potkontinent" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ilo mw-list-item"><a href="https://ilo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subkontinente_Indiano" title="Subkontinente Indiano – Iloko" lang="ilo" hreflang="ilo" data-title="Subkontinente Indiano" data-language-autonym="Ilokano" data-language-local-name="Iloko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ilokano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anak_benua_India" title="Anak benua India – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Anak benua India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinente_indian" title="Subcontinente indian – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Subcontinente indian" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indlandsskagi" title="Indlandsskagi – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Indlandsskagi" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinente_indiano" title="Subcontinente indiano – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Subcontinente indiano" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%99%D7%91%D7%A9%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%94%D7%95%D7%93%D7%99%D7%AA" title="תת-היבשת ההודית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="תת-היבשת ההודית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%80%E0%B2%AF_%E0%B2%89%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%96%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A1" title="ಭಾರತೀಯ ಉಪಖಂಡ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭಾರತೀಯ ಉಪಖಂಡ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ინდოეთის სუბკონტინენტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ინდოეთის სუბკონტინენტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ks mw-list-item"><a href="https://ks.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8E%D8%B1%D9%90%D8%B5%D9%8E%D8%BA%DB%8C%D9%96%D8%B1_%DB%81%D9%90%D9%86%D8%AF" title="بَرِصَغیٖر ہِند – Kashmiri" lang="ks" hreflang="ks" data-title="بَرِصَغیٖر ہِند" data-language-autonym="कॉशुर / کٲشُر" data-language-local-name="Kashmiri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>कॉशुर / کٲشُر</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%AE%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%96%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D1%82%D2%AF%D0%B1%D0%B5%D0%B3%D1%96" title="Үндістан түбегі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Үндістан түбегі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bara_Hindi" title="Bara Hindi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Bara Hindi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinens_Indica" title="Subcontinens Indica – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Subcontinens Indica" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijas_subkontinents" title="Indijas subkontinents – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Indijas subkontinents" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indijos_subkontinentas" title="Indijos subkontinentas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Indijos subkontinentas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiai_szubkontinens" title="Indiai szubkontinens – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Indiai szubkontinens" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mai mw-list-item"><a href="https://mai.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA" title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप – Maithili" lang="mai" hreflang="mai" data-title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप" data-language-autonym="मैथिली" data-language-local-name="Maithili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मैथिली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8_%D0%9F%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Индиски Потконтинент – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Индиски Потконтинент" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zana-K%C3%B4ntinenta_Indiana" title="Zana-Kôntinenta Indiana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Zana-Kôntinenta Indiana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%BB_%E0%B4%89%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%AD%E0%B5%82%E0%B4%96%E0%B4%A3%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A1%E0%B4%82" title="ഇന്ത്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡം – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇന്ത്യൻ ഉപഭൂഖണ്ഡം" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%96%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A1" title="भारतीय उपखंड – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="भारतीय उपखंड" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%94%E1%83%97%E1%83%98%E1%83%A8_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A3%E1%83%91%E1%83%99%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%9C%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="ინდოეთიშ სუბკონტინენტი – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ინდოეთიშ სუბკონტინენტი" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D9%87" title="شبه القاره الهنديه – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="شبه القاره الهنديه" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subbenua_India" title="Subbenua India – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Subbenua India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indisch_subcontinent" title="Indisch subcontinent – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Indisch subcontinent" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA" title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E4%BA%9C%E5%A4%A7%E9%99%B8" title="インド亜大陸 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="インド亜大陸" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ce mw-list-item"><a href="https://ce.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A5%D3%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="ХӀиндин субконтинент – Chechen" lang="ce" hreflang="ce" data-title="ХӀиндин субконтинент" data-language-autonym="Нохчийн" data-language-local-name="Chechen" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Нохчийн</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_indiske_subkontinent" title="Det indiske subkontinent – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Det indiske subkontinent" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Det_indiske_subkontinentet" title="Det indiske subkontinentet – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Det indiske subkontinentet" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soscontinent_indian" title="Soscontinent indian – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Soscontinent indian" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a href="https://or.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AC%AD%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%B0%E0%AC%A4%E0%AD%80%E0%AD%9F_%E0%AC%89%E0%AC%AA%E0%AC%AE%E0%AC%B9%E0%AC%BE%E0%AC%A6%E0%AD%87%E0%AC%B6" title="ଭାରତୀୟ ଉପମହାଦେଶ – Odia" lang="or" hreflang="or" data-title="ଭାରତୀୟ ଉପମହାଦେଶ" data-language-autonym="ଓଡ଼ିଆ" data-language-local-name="Odia" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ଓଡ଼ିଆ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AD%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%A4%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%89%E0%A8%AA%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%B9%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%82%E0%A8%A6%E0%A9%80%E0%A8%AA" title="ਭਾਰਤੀ ਉਪਮਹਾਂਦੀਪ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਭਾਰਤੀ ਉਪਮਹਾਂਦੀਪ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%B5%D8%BA%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D9%BE%D8%A7%DA%A9_%D9%88_%DB%81%D9%86%D8%AF" title="برصغیر پاک و ہند – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="برصغیر پاک و ہند" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%85%D9%87_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%88%DA%86%D9%87" title="د هند نيمه لويه وچه – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د هند نيمه لويه وچه" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subkontynent_indyjski" title="Subkontynent indyjski – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Subkontynent indyjski" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinente_indiano" title="Subcontinente indiano – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Subcontinente indiano" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinentul_Indian" title="Subcontinentul Indian – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Subcontinentul Indian" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D1%81%D1%83%D0%B1%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82" title="Индийский субконтинент – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Индийский субконтинент" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sa mw-list-item"><a href="https://sa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%89%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%83" title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीपः – Sanskrit" lang="sa" hreflang="sa" data-title="भारतीय उपमहाद्वीपः" data-language-autonym="संस्कृतम्" data-language-local-name="Sanskrit" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>संस्कृतम्</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sc mw-list-item"><a href="https://sc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subcontinente_indianu" title="Subcontinente indianu – Sardinian" lang="sc" hreflang="sc" data-title="Subcontinente indianu" data-language-autonym="Sardu" data-language-local-name="Sardinian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sardu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%ABnkontinenti_indian" title="Nënkontinenti indian – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Nënkontinenti indian" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suttacuntinenti_innianu" title="Suttacuntinenti innianu – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Suttacuntinenti innianu" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%89%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%94_%E0%B6%8B%E0%B6%B4_%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F%E0%B6%AF%E0%B7%8A%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%93%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%BA" title="ඉන්දියානු උප මහාද්වීපය – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="ඉන්දියානු උප මහාද්වීපය" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_subcontinent" title="Indian subcontinent – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Indian subcontinent" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%86%D9%86%DA%8D%D9%88_%DA%A9%D9%86%DA%8A" title="ننڍو کنڊ – 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overflow:hidden; position:relative; background-color:white;"> <div style=";left:0px; top:0px; width:300px; position:absolute;"> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Asia_non_political,_with_rivers.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Topographic map of the subcontinent and surrounding regions (in Black)"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg/330px-South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg/500px-South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg/960px-South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2324" data-file-height="2151" /></a></span></div> <div style="text-align:left; background-color:transparent; line-height:110%;"> <div id="annotation_40x40" style="position:absolute; 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left:60px; top:95px; font-size:8px; font-size:8; line-height:10px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indus_River" title="Indus River">Indus<br />Valley</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_85x100" style="position:absolute; left:85px; top:100px; font-size:7px; font-size:7; line-height:9px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Thar_Desert" title="Thar Desert">Thar Desert</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_20x190" style="position:absolute; left:20px; top:190px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: Black; text-decoration: inherit;">Arabian Sea</span></a></span></div> <div id="annotation_90x20" style="position:absolute; left:90px; top:20px; font-size:9px; font-size:9; line-height:11px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Karakoram" title="Karakoram"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: Black; text-decoration: inherit;">Karakoram</span></a></span></div> <div id="annotation_170x45" style="position:absolute; left:170px; top:45px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: Black; text-decoration: inherit;">Tibetan Plateau</span></a></span></div> <div id="annotation_160x80" style="position:absolute; left:160px; top:80px; font-size:9px; font-size:9; line-height:11px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Himalaya" class="mw-redirect" title="Himalaya"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: Black; text-decoration: inherit;">Himalaya</span></a></span></div> <div id="annotation_130x160" style="position:absolute; left:130px; top:160px; font-size:8px; font-size:8; line-height:10px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan<br />Plateau</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_235x102" style="position:absolute; left:235px; top:102px; font-size:8px; font-size:8; line-height:10px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Brahmaputra_Valley" title="Brahmaputra Valley"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: Black; text-decoration: inherit;">Brahmaputra</span></a></span></div> <div id="annotation_160x98" style="position:absolute; left:160px; top:98px; font-size:8px; font-size:8; line-height:10px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a></span></div> <div id="annotation_240x115" style="position:absolute; left:240px; top:115px; font-size:9px; font-size:9; line-height:11px;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Indo-Burman_Ranges" title="Indo-Burman Ranges"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: Black; text-decoration: inherit;">Indo-Burma<br />      Range</span></a></span></div> <div id="annotation_180x190" style="position:absolute; left:180px; top:190px; line-height:110%;"><span style="background-color:transparent; color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: Black; text-decoration: inherit;">Bay of Bengal</span></a></span></div> </div> <div style="visibility:hidden"><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Asia_non_political,_with_rivers.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg/330px-South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="278" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg/500px-South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/52/South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg/960px-South_Asia_non_political%2C_with_rivers.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2324" data-file-height="2151" /></a></span></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:South_Asia_non_political,_with_rivers.jpg" title="File:South Asia non political, with rivers.jpg"> </a></div>Topographic map of the subcontinent and surrounding regions (in <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239334494">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output div:not(.notheme)>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output p>.tmp-color,html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output table:not(.notheme) .tmp-color{color:inherit!important}}</style><span class="tmp-color" style="color:Blue">Black</span>)</div> </div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Subcontinent_(orthographic_projection).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Indian_Subcontinent_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/250px-Indian_Subcontinent_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="250" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Indian_Subcontinent_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg/500px-Indian_Subcontinent_%28orthographic_projection%29.svg.png 1.5x" data-file-width="550" data-file-height="550" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Geopolitical coverage of the subcontinent</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">4,440,000 km<sup>2</sup> (1,710,000 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data"><abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1.9 billion</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states" title="List of sovereign states">7</a></span></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a><sup id="cite_ref-India_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-India-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a><sup id="cite_ref-Island_country_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Island_country-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a><sup id="cite_ref-Nepal_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Nepal-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a><sup id="cite_ref-Pakistan_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pakistan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a><sup id="cite_ref-Island_country_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Island_country-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dependencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div><a href="/wiki/Dependent_territory" title="Dependent territory">External</a> (1)</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/British_Indian_Ocean_Territory" title="British Indian Ocean Territory">British Indian Ocean Territory</a><sup id="cite_ref-BIOT_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BIOT-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (United Kingdom) </li></ul> </div> <div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold; background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;"><div><a href="/wiki/List_of_territorial_disputes" title="List of territorial disputes">Disputed</a> (1)</div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">Kashmir</a><sup id="cite_ref-Kashmir_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kashmir-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Languages</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold">Official:</span></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bengali_language" title="Bengali language">Bengali</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Dzongkha" title="Dzongkha">Dzongkha</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> English </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Hindi" title="Hindi">Hindi</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Maldivian_language" title="Maldivian language">Maldivian</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Nepali_language" title="Nepali language">Nepali</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Sinhala_language" title="Sinhala language">Sinhala</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Tamil_language" title="Tamil language">Tamil</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Urdu" title="Urdu">Urdu</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Time zones</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold"><i>List:</i></span></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh_Standard_Time" title="Bangladesh Standard Time">Bangladesh Standard Time</a> (BST) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bhutan_Time" title="Bhutan Time">Bhutan Time</a> (BTT) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Indian_Standard_Time" title="Indian Standard Time">Indian Standard Time</a> (IST) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Time_in_Maldives" title="Time in Maldives">Maldives Time</a> (MVT) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Nepal_Standard_Time" title="Nepal Standard Time">Nepal Standard Time</a> (NPT) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Pakistan_Standard_Time" title="Pakistan Standard Time">Pakistan Standard Time</a> (PST) </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Standard_Time" title="Sri Lanka Standard Time">Sri Lanka Standard Time</a> (SLST) </li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest cities</th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488" /><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/List_of_largest_cities#List" title="List of largest cities">10 largest cities on the Indian subcontinent</a></span></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Delhi" title="Delhi">Delhi</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Dhaka" title="Dhaka">Dhaka</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Karachi" title="Karachi">Karachi</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Kolkata" title="Kolkata">Kolkata</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Chennai" title="Chennai">Chennai</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Lahore" title="Lahore">Lahore</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Hyderabad" title="Hyderabad">Hyderabad</a> </li><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"> <a href="/wiki/Ahmedabad" title="Ahmedabad">Ahmedabad</a> </li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Indian subcontinent</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Physiographic_region" title="Physiographic region">physiographic region</a> of <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> below the <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> which projects into the Indian ocean between the <a href="/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal" title="Bay of Bengal">Bay of Bengal</a> to the east and the <a href="/wiki/Arabian_Sea" title="Arabian Sea">Arabian Sea</a> to the west; it is now divided between <a href="/wiki/Bangladesh" title="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-oed-indian-subcontinent1_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-indian-subcontinent1-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>. Although the terms "Indian subcontinent" and "South Asia" are often also used interchangeably to denote a wider region which includes, in addition, <a href="/wiki/Bhutan" title="Bhutan">Bhutan</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Maldives" title="Maldives">Maldives</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nepal" title="Nepal">Nepal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, the "Indian subcontinent" is more of a geophysical term, whereas "South Asia" is more geopolitical.<sup id="cite_ref-oed-indian-subcontinent2_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-oed-indian-subcontinent2-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "South Asia" frequently also includes <a href="/wiki/Afghanistan" title="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a>, which is not considered part of the subcontinent even in extended usage.<sup id="cite_ref-norwineplus_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norwineplus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indian_subcontinent&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Historically, the region surrounding and southeast of the Indus River was often simply referred to as "India" in many historical sources. Even today, historians use this term to denote the entire Indian subcontinent when discussing history up until the era of the British Raj. Over time, however, "India" evolved to refer to a distinct political entity that eventually became a nation-state (today the Republic of India).<sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_2022_t419_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_2022_t419-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>According to the <a href="/wiki/Oxford_English_Dictionary" title="Oxford English Dictionary">Oxford English Dictionary</a>, the term <i><a href="/wiki/Continent#Subcontinents" title="Continent">subcontinent</a></i> signifies a "subdivision of a continent which has a distinct geographical, political, or cultural identity" and also a "large land mass somewhat smaller than a continent".<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OED_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OED-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its use to signify the Indian subcontinent is evidenced from the early twentieth century when most of the territory was either part of the <a href="/wiki/British_Empire" title="British Empire">British Empire</a> or allied with them.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was a convenient term to refer to the region comprising both <a href="/wiki/Presidencies_and_provinces_of_British_India" title="Presidencies and provinces of British India">British India</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely states</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The term has been particularly common in the British Empire and its successors,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the term <i>South Asia</i> is the more common usage in Europe, North America as well as in most country's in <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a> it self some times.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to historians <a href="/wiki/Sugata_Bose" title="Sugata Bose">Sugata Bose</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Jalal" title="Ayesha Jalal">Ayesha Jalal</a>, the Indian subcontinent has come to be known as South Asia "in more recent and neutral parlance".<sup id="cite_ref-sugata_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sugata-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indology" title="Indology">Indologist</a> Ronald B. Inden argues that the usage of the term <i>South Asia</i> is becoming more widespread since it clearly distinguishes the region from East Asia.<sup id="cite_ref-inden_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-inden-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While <i>South Asia</i>, a more accurate term that reflects the region's contemporary political demarcations, is replacing the <i>Indian subcontinent</i>, a term closely linked to the region's colonial heritage, as a cover term, the latter is still widely used in typological studies.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_India" title="Partition of India">Partition of India</a>, citizens of Pakistan (which became independent of British India in 1947) and Bangladesh (which became independent of Pakistan in 1971) often perceive the use of the <i>Indian subcontinent</i> as offensive and suspicious because of the dominant placement of India in the term.<sup id="cite_ref-farmerplus_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farmerplus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As such it is being increasingly less used in those countries.<sup id="cite_ref-Indo-Pakistan_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Indo-Pakistan-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Meanwhile, many Indian analysts prefer to use the term because of the socio-cultural commonalities of the region.<sup id="cite_ref-farmerplus_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-farmerplus-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The region has also been called the "Asian subcontinent",<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the "South Asian subcontinent",<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> as well as "India" or "<a href="/wiki/Greater_India" title="Greater India">Greater India</a>" in the classical and pre-modern sense.<sup id="cite_ref-McLeod_p1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McLeod_p1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-norwineplus_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-norwineplus-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mittal_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mittal-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Kathleen_M_page_10_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kathleen_M_page_10-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The sport of <a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">cricket</a>, introduced to the region by British colonialism, is <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_the_Indian_subcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="Cricket in the Indian subcontinent">notably popular</a> in <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_India" title="Cricket in India">India</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Pakistan" title="Cricket in Pakistan">Pakistan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Sri_Lanka" title="Cricket in Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Nepal" title="Cricket in Nepal">Nepal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cricket_in_Bangladesh" title="Cricket in Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a>. Within a cricket context, these countries are sometimes referred to simply as <i>the subcontinent</i> e.g. "<a href="/wiki/Australia_national_cricket_team" title="Australia national cricket team">Australia's</a> tour of the subcontinent".<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The term is also sometimes used adjectivally in cricket e.g. "subcontinental conditions".<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indian_subcontinent&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arabian_Peninsula" title="Arabian Peninsula">Arabian Peninsula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hindustan" title="Hindustan">Hindustan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Asian_Association_for_Regional_Cooperation" title="South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation">South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation</a> (SAARC)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indian_subcontinent&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-India-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-India_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Excluding: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands" title="Andaman and Nicobar Islands">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a>, close to the <a href="/wiki/Malay_Archipelago" title="Malay Archipelago">Malay Archipelago</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Spiti" title="Spiti">Spiti</a>, and other areas which lie to the north of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Himalayas" title="Great Himalayas">Greater Himalayan Mountain Range</a>.</li> <li>Significant portions of <a href="/wiki/Northeast_India" title="Northeast India">northeast India</a> which lie on the <a href="/wiki/Geology_of_Myanmar#Indo-Burman_Ranges" title="Geology of Myanmar">Indo-Burman Ranges</a> (spanning <a href="/wiki/Manipur" title="Manipur">Manipur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nagaland" title="Nagaland">Nagaland</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mizoram" title="Mizoram">Mizoram</a>) as well as the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a> (northern <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_Pradesh" title="Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sikkim" title="Sikkim">Sikkim</a>)</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-Island_country-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Island_country_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Island_country_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">As <a href="/wiki/Island_country" title="Island country">island countries</a>, Maldives and Sri Lanka are sometimes not considered parts of the subcontinent, as they lack <a href="/wiki/Geographic_contiguity" title="Geographic contiguity">geographic contiguity</a> with the mainland. They are considered parts of the region in <a href="/wiki/Cultural_geography" title="Cultural geography">cultural geography</a> or geology instead.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Nepal-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Nepal_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Excluding <a href="/wiki/Upper_Mustang" title="Upper Mustang">Upper Mustang</a> and other areas which lie to the north of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Himalayas" title="Great Himalayas">Greater Himalayan Mountain Range</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Pakistan-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Pakistan_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Excluding: <ul><li>Significant landmasses from <a href="/wiki/Balochistan,_Pakistan" title="Balochistan, Pakistan">East Balochistan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Khyber_Pakhtunkhwa" title="Khyber Pakhtunkhwa">Khyber Pakhtunkhwa</a> (like <a href="/wiki/Federally_Administered_Tribal_Areas" title="Federally Administered Tribal Areas">Federally Administered Tribal Areas</a>) which are situated on the <a href="/wiki/Iranian_Plateau" class="mw-redirect" title="Iranian Plateau">Iranian Plateau</a>.</li> <li>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Northern Areas</a> (like <a href="/wiki/Baltistan" title="Baltistan">Baltistan</a>) which lie to the north of the <a href="/wiki/Great_Himalayas" title="Great Himalayas">Greater Himalayan Mountain Range</a> (completely crammed towards the <a href="/wiki/Pamir_Mountains" title="Pamir Mountains">Pamir</a> and minuscule fragments of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_Kush" title="Hindu Kush">Hindu Kush</a> northwards from the extreme border end near the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan).</li></ul> </span></li> <li id="cite_note-BIOT-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BIOT_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Administered by the United Kingdom, claimed by <a href="/wiki/Mauritius" title="Mauritius">Mauritius</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Chagos_Archipelago" title="Chagos Archipelago">Chagos Archipelago</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kashmir-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kashmir_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Territorial_dispute" title="Territorial dispute">Disputed territory</a> with <a href="/wiki/Kashmir_conflict" title="Kashmir conflict">undetermined political status</a>. Administration is split between <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> (<a href="/wiki/Aksai_Chin" title="Aksai Chin">Aksai Chin</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Karakoram_Tract" title="Trans-Karakoram Tract">Trans-Karakoram Tract</a>), <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> (<a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ladakh" title="Ladakh">Ladakh</a>), and <a href="/wiki/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan</a> (<a href="/wiki/Azad_Kashmir" title="Azad Kashmir">Azad Kashmir</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gilgit-Baltistan" title="Gilgit-Baltistan">Gilgit-Baltistan</a>). China claims a small portion of the territory, Pakistan claims the majority of the territory, and India claims the <a href="/wiki/Kashmir" title="Kashmir">entire territory</a> (see: <a href="/wiki/UN_mediation_of_the_Kashmir_dispute" title="UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute">UN mediation of the Kashmir dispute</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Indo-Pakistan-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Indo-Pakistan_26-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">For example, a history book intended for Pakistani B.A. students by K. Ali uses the term "Indo-Pakistan" instead.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Indian_subcontinent&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626" /><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-oed-indian-subcontinent1-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-oed-indian-subcontinent1_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation cs2">"Indian subcontinent (noun)", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1205710598"><i>Oxford English Dictionary</i></a>, Oxford University Press, March 2025<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2025</span>, <q>The part of Asia south of the Himalayas which forms a peninsula extending into the Indian Ocean between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, now divided between India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Indian+subcontinent+%28noun%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2025-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%2FOED%2F1205710598&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span> (subscription required)</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-oed-indian-subcontinent2-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-oed-indian-subcontinent2_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation cs2">"Indian subcontinent (noun)", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1093/OED/1205710598"><i>Oxford English Dictionary</i></a>, Oxford University Press, March 2025<span class="reference-accessdate">, retrieved <span class="nowrap">31 March</span> 2025</span>, <q>(subsidiary remark) Also used with wider application to include Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives. The term is roughly equivalent to South Asia, esp. in the wider use, although Indian subcontinent is sometimes considered to be more of a geophysical description, and South Asia more geopolitical.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Indian+subcontinent+%28noun%29&rft.btitle=Oxford+English+Dictionary&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2025-03&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%2FOED%2F1205710598&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-norwineplus-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-norwineplus_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-norwineplus_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Jim Norwine & Alfonso González, <i>The Third World: states of mind and being</i>, pages 209, Taylor & Francis, 1988, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-04-910121-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-04-910121-8">0-04-910121-8</a> Quote: ""The term "South Asia" also signifies the Indian Subcontinent""<br />Raj S. Bhopal, <i>Ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies</i>, pages 33, Oxford University Press, 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-856817-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-856817-7">0-19-856817-7</a>; Quote: "The term South Asian refers to populations originating from the Indian subcontinent, effectively India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka;<br />Lucian W. Pye & Mary W. Pye, <i>Asian Power and Politics</i>, pages 133, Harvard University Press, 1985, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-04979-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-04979-9">0-674-04979-9</a> Quote: "The complex culture of the Indian subcontinent, or South Asia, presents a tradition comparable to Confucianism."<br />Mark Juergensmeyer, <i>The Oxford handbook of global religions</i>, pages 465, Oxford University Press US, 2006, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-513798-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-513798-1">0-19-513798-1</a><br />Sugata Bose & Ayesha Jalal, <i>Modern South Asia</i>, page 3, Routledge, 2004, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-415-30787-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-415-30787-2">0-415-30787-2</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Encyclopedia_Britannica_2022_t419-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Encyclopedia_Britannica_2022_t419_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Indian-subcontinent">"Indian subcontinent Map, Countries, Population, & History"</a>. <i>Encyclopædia Britannica</i>. 20 September 2022<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved 6 December 2016; Quote: "a large landmass smaller than a continent; especially: a major subdivision of a continent ! e Indian subcontinent | "</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OED-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OED_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161220102611/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/subcontinent">"subcontinent - definition of subcontinent in English | Oxford Dictionaries"</a>. 20 December 2016. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/subcontinent">the original</a> on 20 December 2016<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">26 September</span> 2024</span>. <q>A large distinguishable part of a continent</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=subcontinent+-+definition+of+subcontinent+in+English+%7C+Oxford+Dictionaries&rft.date=2016-12-20&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fen.oxforddictionaries.com%2Fdefinition%2Fsubcontinent&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Milton Walter Meyer, <i>South Asia: A Short History of the Subcontinent</i>, pages 1, Adams Littlefield, 1976, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8226-0034-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-8226-0034-X">0-8226-0034-X</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBaker_Henry_D.1915" class="citation book cs1">Baker Henry D. 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Cooper (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=c46i9jr9mhgC&pg=PA344"><i>Worldwide destinations: the geography of travel and tourism</i></a>. Butterworth-Heinemann. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-5997-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7506-5997-0"><bdi>978-0-7506-5997-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Worldwide+destinations%3A+the+geography+of+travel+and+tourism&rft.pub=Butterworth-Heinemann&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=978-0-7506-5997-0&rft.aulast=Boniface&rft.aufirst=Brian+G.&rft.au=Christopher+P.+Cooper&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dc46i9jr9mhgC%26pg%3DPA344&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span><br />Judith Schott & Alix Henley, <i>Culture, Religion, and Childbearing in a Multiracial Society</i>, pages 274, Elsevier Health Sciences, 1996, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7506-2050-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-7506-2050-1">0-7506-2050-1</a><br />Raj S. Bhopal, <i>Ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies</i>, pages 33, Oxford University Press, 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-856817-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-856817-7">0-19-856817-7</a><br />Lucian W. Pye & Mary W. Pye, <i>Asian Power and Politics</i>, pages 133, Harvard University Press, 1985, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-674-04979-9" title="Special:BookSources/0-674-04979-9">0-674-04979-9</a><br />Mark Juergensmeyer, <i>The Oxford handbook of global religions</i>, pages 465, Oxford University Press US, 2006, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-513798-1" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-513798-1">0-19-513798-1</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Judith Schott & Alix Henley, <i>Culture, Religion, and Childbearing in a Multiracial Society</i>, pages 274, Elsevier Health Sciences, 1996, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0750620501" title="Special:BookSources/0750620501">0750620501</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-19">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Raj S. Bhopal, <i>Ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies</i>, pages 33, Oxford University Press, 2007, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0198568177" title="Special:BookSources/0198568177">0198568177</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sugata-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sugata_20-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBoseJalal2004" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Sugata_Bose" title="Sugata Bose">Bose, Sugata</a>; <a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Jalal" title="Ayesha Jalal">Jalal, Ayeha</a> (2004) [First published 1998]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/modernsouthasiah00bose/page/3/mode/1up"><i>Modern South Asia</i></a>. Routledge. p. 3. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0415307872" title="Special:BookSources/0415307872"><bdi>0415307872</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Modern+South+Asia&rft.pages=3&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=0415307872&rft.aulast=Bose&rft.aufirst=Sugata&rft.au=Jalal%2C+Ayeha&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fmodernsouthasiah00bose%2Fpage%2F3%2Fmode%2F1up&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-inden-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-inden_21-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Ronald B. Inden, <i>Imagining India</i>, page 51, C. Hurst & Co. Publishers, 2000, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1850655200" title="Special:BookSources/1850655200">1850655200</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMcArthur2003" class="citation book cs1">McArthur, Tom (2003). <i>The Oxford Guide to World English</i>. Oxford University Press. p. 309. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780198607717" title="Special:BookSources/9780198607717"><bdi>9780198607717</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Guide+to+World+English&rft.pages=309&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2003&rft.isbn=9780198607717&rft.aulast=McArthur&rft.aufirst=Tom&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-23">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFLange2012" class="citation book cs1">Lange, Claudia (2012). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=gZV7AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA256">"Standards of English in South Asia"</a>. In Raymond Hickey (ed.). <i>Standards of English: Codified Varieties around the World</i>. Cambridge University Press. p. 256. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781139851213" title="Special:BookSources/9781139851213"><bdi>9781139851213</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Standards+of+English+in+South+Asia&rft.btitle=Standards+of+English%3A+Codified+Varieties+around+the+World&rft.pages=256&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2012&rft.isbn=9781139851213&rft.aulast=Lange&rft.aufirst=Claudia&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DgZV7AAAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA256&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-farmerplus-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-farmerplus_24-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-farmerplus_24-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">B.H. Farmer, <i>An Introduction to South Asia</i>, page 1, Methuen and Co. Ltd., 1983, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780416726008" title="Special:BookSources/9780416726008">9780416726008</a>, "The 'Indian sub continent' is a term that certainly recognises the dominant position of India in both area and population. Since the partition of Indian Empire, use of this term becomes offensive to the Pakistanis and the Bangladeshis."<br />Jona Razzaque, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=7E7al37aYBEC&pg=PA3">Public Interest Environmental Litigation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh</a></i>, page 3, Kluwer Law International, 2004, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789041122148" title="Special:BookSources/9789041122148">9789041122148</a> "Yet, because citizens of Pakistan (which was carved out of India in 1947 and has had recurring conflicts with India since then) and of Bangladesh (which became separated from Pakistan by civil war in 1971) might find offensive the dominant placement of India in the term "Indian subcontinent", many scholars today prefer the more recently adopted designation 'South Asia.<span style="padding-right:.15em;">'</span>"<br />Sushil Mittal and Gene Thursby, <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=n7KCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA3">Religions of South Asia: An Introduction</a></i>, page 3, Routledge, 2006, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781134593224" title="Special:BookSources/9781134593224">9781134593224</a><br />S K Shah, <i>India and Its Neighbours: Renewed Threats and New Directions</i>, page 26, Vij Books India Pvt Ltd, 2017, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789386367501" title="Special:BookSources/9789386367501">9789386367501</a> "Indian analysts, who talk of the Indian sub-continent, wish to keep in mind, in their analyses, the common historical, political, religious and cultural heritage of these three countries. The term sub-continent is used less and less in Pakistan and Bangladesh. The political leadership and the policy-makers in these two countries do not wish to be reminded of this common heritage. Any highlighting of this common heritage by Indian analysts is viewed by them with suspicion—— as indicating a hidden desire to reverse history and undo the 1947 partition."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-25">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAli1980" class="citation book cs1">Ali, K. (1980). <i>A New History of Indo-Pakistan up to 1526</i> (4th ed.). Lahore: Aziz Publishers.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+New+History+of+Indo-Pakistan+up+to+1526&rft.place=Lahore&rft.edition=4th&rft.pub=Aziz+Publishers&rft.date=1980&rft.aulast=Ali&rft.aufirst=K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFCrouchMcGrath2014" class="citation news cs1">Crouch, Lizzie; McGrath, Paula (30 March 2014). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/health-26724645">"Humanity's global battle with mosquitoes"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20240120003457/https://www.bbc.com/news/health-26724645">Archived</a> from the original on 20 January 2024.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+News&rft.atitle=Humanity%27s+global+battle+with+mosquitoes&rft.date=2014-03-30&rft.aulast=Crouch&rft.aufirst=Lizzie&rft.au=McGrath%2C+Paula&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fhealth-26724645&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-28">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKronstadt2011" class="citation book cs1">Kronstadt, K. Alan (2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ETcz_5SzoMkC&pg=PT9"><i>Terrorist Attacks in Mumbai, India, and Implications for U. S. Interests</i></a>. DIANE Publishing. p. 7. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-4379-2953-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-4379-2953-9"><bdi>978-1-4379-2953-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Terrorist+Attacks+in+Mumbai%2C+India%2C+and+Implications+for+U.+S.+Interests&rft.pages=7&rft.pub=DIANE+Publishing&rft.date=2011&rft.isbn=978-1-4379-2953-9&rft.aulast=Kronstadt&rft.aufirst=K.+Alan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DETcz_5SzoMkC%26pg%3DPT9&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAhmad2009" class="citation book cs1">Ahmad, Aijazuddin (2009). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=I2QmPHeIowoC"><i>Geography of the South Asian Subcontinent: A Critical Approach</i></a>. Concept Publishing Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-81-8069-568-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-81-8069-568-1"><bdi>978-81-8069-568-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Geography+of+the+South+Asian+Subcontinent%3A+A+Critical+Approach&rft.pub=Concept+Publishing+Company&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=978-81-8069-568-1&rft.aulast=Ahmad&rft.aufirst=Aijazuddin&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DI2QmPHeIowoC&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-30">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFAyesha_Jalal2008" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Jalal" title="Ayesha Jalal">Ayesha Jalal</a> (2008). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/partisansofallah00ayes"><i>Partisans of Allah: Jihad in South Asia</i></a></span>. Harvard University Press. p. xiii. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780674028012" title="Special:BookSources/9780674028012"><bdi>9780674028012</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Partisans+of+Allah%3A+Jihad+in+South+Asia&rft.pages=xiii&rft.pub=Harvard+University+Press&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=9780674028012&rft.au=Ayesha+Jalal&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fpartisansofallah00ayes&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-31">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">K. D. Kapur, <i>Nuclear Non-proliferation Diplomacy: Nuclear Power Programmes in the Third World</i>, page 365, Lancers Books, 1993, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788170950363" title="Special:BookSources/9788170950363">9788170950363</a>|Daya Nath Tripathi (ed), <i>Discourse on Indo European Languages and Culture</i>, page 193, Indian Council of Historical Research, 2005, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788178271200" title="Special:BookSources/9788178271200">9788178271200</a><br /></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-32">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFKhan2013" class="citation book cs1">Khan, Muhammad Akram (1 January 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Fr36Gd1X_rcC&pg=PA183"><i>What Is Wrong with Islamic Economics?: Analysing the Present State and Future Agenda</i></a>. Edward Elgar Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78254-415-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78254-415-9"><bdi>978-1-78254-415-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=What+Is+Wrong+with+Islamic+Economics%3F%3A+Analysing+the+Present+State+and+Future+Agenda&rft.pub=Edward+Elgar+Publishing&rft.date=2013-01-01&rft.isbn=978-1-78254-415-9&rft.aulast=Khan&rft.aufirst=Muhammad+Akram&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFr36Gd1X_rcC%26pg%3DPA183&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-McLeod_p1-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-McLeod_p1_33-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFJohn_McLeod2002" class="citation book cs1">John McLeod (2002). <i>The history of India</i>. Greenwood Press. p. 1. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-313-31459-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-313-31459-4"><bdi>0-313-31459-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+history+of+India&rft.pages=1&rft.pub=Greenwood+Press&rft.date=2002&rft.isbn=0-313-31459-4&rft.au=John+McLeod&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span> Note: McLeod does not include Afghanistan in the Indian subcontinent or South Asia.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-mittal-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-mittal_34-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFMittalThursby2006" class="citation book cs1">Mittal, Sushil; Thursby, Gene (18 April 2006). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=n7KCAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA3"><i>Religions of South Asia: An Introduction</i></a>. Routledge. p. 3. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-134-59322-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-134-59322-4"><bdi>978-1-134-59322-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Religions+of+South+Asia%3A+An+Introduction&rft.pages=3&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2006-04-18&rft.isbn=978-1-134-59322-4&rft.aulast=Mittal&rft.aufirst=Sushil&rft.au=Thursby%2C+Gene&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dn7KCAgAAQBAJ%26pg%3DPA3&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AIndian+subcontinent" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Kathleen_M_page_10-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Kathleen_M_page_10_35-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBakerChapman2002" class="citation book cs1">Baker, Kathleen M.; Chapman, Graham P. 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title="Oceania">Oceania</a> </p> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:5em">   </td><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:center; padding-right:1.0em;width:35%;"><div> <ul><li><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Prehistoric <a href="/wiki/Supercontinent" title="Supercontinent">supercontinents</a></b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Columbia_(supercontinent)" title="Columbia 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title="Laramidia">Laramidia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laurentia" title="Laurentia">Laurentia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_China_Craton" title="North China Craton">North China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pampia" title="Pampia">Pampia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahul" title="Sahul">Sahul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siberia_(continent)" title="Siberia (continent)">Siberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_China_Craton" title="South China Craton">South China</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-bottom:#aaa 1px solid;;border-bottom:0;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0;background:transparent;color:inherit;"><div style="padding:0px"><table class="navbox-columns-table" style="border-spacing: 0px; text-align:left;width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td style="width:5em">   </td><td class="navbox-list" style="padding:0px;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:center;padding-right:1.0em;width:25%;"><div> <ul><li><span style="font-size:120%"><b><a href="/wiki/Submerged_continent" title="Submerged continent">Submerged continent</a>/<a href="/wiki/Continental_shelf" title="Continental shelf">lands</a> and <a href="/wiki/Continental_fragment" title="Continental fragment">microcontinents</a></b></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Beringia" title="Beringia">Beringia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cathaysia" title="Cathaysia">Cathaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Davis_Strait_proto-microcontinent" title="Davis Strait proto-microcontinent">Davis Strait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doggerland" title="Doggerland">Doggerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Australian_Bight" title="Great Australian Bight">Great Australian Bight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jan_Mayen_Microcontinent" title="Jan Mayen Microcontinent">Jan Mayen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerguelen_Plateau" title="Kerguelen Plateau">Kerguelen Plateau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mauritia_(microcontinent)" title="Mauritia (microcontinent)">Mauritia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockall_Basin" title="Rockall Basin">Rockall Basin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sahul_Shelf" title="Sahul Shelf">Sahul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seychelles_Microcontinent" class="mw-redirect" title="Seychelles Microcontinent">Seychelles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sunda_Shelf" title="Sunda Shelf">Sunda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zealandia" title="Zealandia">Zealandia</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="navbox-list" style="border-left:2px solid #fdfdfd;padding:0px;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:center;padding-right:1.0em;width:20%;"><div> <ul><li><span style="font-size:120%"><b>Possible future 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