South Asia and India Vocab

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  1. 4. region of sandy desert in Northwest India and Southeast Pakistan
  2. 5. a mountain range extending 1500 miles on the border between India and Tibet
  3. 6. is a city in Pakistan that is home to Pakistan's two largest seaports with
  4. 7. an arm of the Arabian sea connecting it with the Persian Gulf
  5. 10. a federal republic governed by a democratic parliamentary system, spanning the greater part of South Asia with New Delhi as its capital
  6. 11. the holiest river to Hindus, they believe bathing in this river will wash away their sins
  7. 12. a high area of land at the center of the Indian subcontinent
  8. 13. this area possessed the biggest network of sea-based trade in the postclassical period prior to the rise of Atlantic based trade
  9. 14. the fifth most populous country in India with Islamabad as its capital
  10. 16. a river that flows from Tibet, through the Himalayas and Hindu Kush into the Arabian sea
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  1. 1. is a landlocked country in South Asia bordering the Himalayan mountains with Thimphu as its capital
  2. 2. the mountain range that runs along the east and west coast of India
  3. 3. an island country lying in the Indian Ocean with Jayawardenepura kotte as its capital
  4. 8. is one the most densely populated countries in the world with Dhaka as its capital
  5. 9. India's largest city
  6. 15. the home of Mount Everest with Kathmandu as its capital