South Asia Flashcards
Capital is Isamabad
Pakistan
Capital is New Delhi
India
The capital is Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte
Sri Lanka
The capital is Dhaka
Bangladesh
The Capital is Thimpu
Bhutan
The capital is Kathmandu
Nepal
India’s largest city
Mumbai
City in Pakistan
Karachi
This area possessed the biggest network of sea-based trade in the postclassical period prior to the rise of
Atlantic-based trade.
Indian Ocean
A river that flows from Tibet through the Himalayas and Hindu Kush into the Arabian Sea.
Indus River
Holiest river to the Hindus. They believe bathing in this river will wash away their sins.
Ganges River
An arm of the Arabian Sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf
Gulf of Oman
A mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet
Himalayan Mountains
Region of Sandy Desert in Northwest India and Southwest Pakistan
Great Indian desert
A mountain range that runs along the east and west coast of India
Eastern and Western Ghats