SOUTHERN ASIA
Southern Asia extends from the Hindu Kush and Himalayan mountain ranges in the north to the Indian Ocean in the south, encompassing the Indian subcontinent and its surrounding island nations. The region is home to nearly two billion people, contains some of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, and was the birthplace of several major world religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism.
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