South Asia

Past and Present

Point-Counterpoint: Afghanistan-Pakistan-Kashmir-India

Diverse Cultures

Precolonial Cultures

Hindus and Caste

Buddhism and Jainism

Many Invasions

Muslim Presence

Mountain Isolation and Island Openness

Colonial Impacts

Trading Expansion

British Indian Empire

Ceylon and the Maldives

Paths to Independence

Afghanistan

The Origins of India and Pakistan

Ceylon Becomes Sri Lanka

Natural Environment

Monsoon Climates

World’s Highest Mountains and Deep Valleys

Peninsular Hills and Plateaus

Major River Basins

Forests and Soils

Natural Resources

Natural Environmental Problems

Human-Induced Environmental Problems

A Global Role

Subregions

India

The Republic of India

Self-Sufficiency or Global Involvement?

Ending Self-Sufficiency and "Slow" Development

New Approaches

Crisis and Reform

People

Religion, Language, and Ethnicity

Impact of Birth Control Policies

Divided Urban Population

Indian Urban Landscapes

Urban Contrasts of Wealth and Poverty

Mainly Rural Population

Indians Abroad

Economic Development

Economic Restructuring in the 1990s

Farming and the Green Revolution

Farming in Traditional Areas of India

Mining

Fishing and Forestry

Growing Manufacturing

Small-Scale Manufacturing

Large-Scale Manufacturing

Textile Manufacturing

High-Tech Industries

Mumbai: Center of Manufacturing

Northeastern India: The Kolkata Focus

Service-Sector Growth

Reducing Poverty

Bangladesh and Pakistan

Countries

People

Ethnic Character

Urban and Rural Population

Population Dynamics

Personal View: Pakistan

Economic Development

Prominence of Agriculture

Mining and Forestry

Increasing Manufacturing and Service Industries

Grameen Bank

Economic Restructuring

Poverty and Social Services

Mountain and Island Rim

Countries

Afghanistan

Nepal and Bhutan

Sri Lanka

People

Ethnic-Based Conflicts

Population Distribution and Dynamics

Economic Development

Agriculture Base

Mines, Forests, and Fisheries

Small-Scale Manufacturing

Tourism