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Looking at South Asia and or what was called the sub-continent it is important that we understand that from geographic point of view it has broadly speaking three regions. We can of course make further sub-regions but let us just focus on the three major regions of South Asia. They are :-
1. The Indus River Basin - Mostly proximating to Pakistan.
2. The Ganga River Basin - Mostly proximating to Ganga India or Northern India.
3. The Deccan peninsula - Mostly proximating to Dravidian India or Southern India.
Indus Pakistan - This region covers the Indus Basin. On the western flank you have mountains that rise and rise until you go over into Afghan highlands. Strictly speaking Kabul valley in Afghanistan is also part of the Indus Basin because Kabul flows into Indus River near Attock. Most of the region suffers from low rainfal and has arid to semi arid environment tempered by high ranges. Most of the agriculture in the region is entirely depenmdant on the Indus River or it's five tributaries in Punjab thus lending it's name to that region - Panj [five] ab [waters]. Today the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad is few miles east of Indus near the ancient city of Taxila. The dry Indus River basin has been the centre of one of earliest civilizations in the world commonly known as IVC. Today the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the latest political iteration of a region with 8,000 years of history. This region today has over 200 million population most of it supported by Indus River or it's tributaries. The importance of Indus to Pakistan is a much as it was to our ancestors in Harrappa. It indeed is as vital to existence of Pakistan as is nile to Egypt.
It is important to understand that some parts of the Indus Basin do extend over into India - but that is only a small outlier much as part of it extends into Afghanistan. The centre of gravity of the Indus Region falls in centre of Pakistan. Most of the eastern boundary of the indus Basin with Ganga India is separated by the Thar Desert. Only the the upper reaches in Punjab does the boundary become frayed. However that is only restricted to small part of the boundary. for majority of the Indus-Ganga divide is take care of by the Thar Desert which today conveniently forms the Pak/India border.
Ganga India. This is a vast region dominated by Ganga River. it is mostly damp with plenty of rainfal and in the past was thick tropical jungle with elephant roaming large. Most of Northern India and all of Bangladesh fall in this tropical region. The Ganga on account of having plenty of rainfal has supported huge population and today has over 700 million people living a high density belt with huge cities like New Delhi, Varanasi, Patna, Kolkata and Dhaka.
Deccan India. This is india south of the Vindya range and is a tropical peninsula jutting south. It is land of the Dravidians and can be also called Dravi India. Chennai or Madras was a old city but since many other cities have prospered in this region with possibly over 300 million people.
* There is a very strong effort out there to conflate Indus with Ganga. Terms like Indo-Gangetic are used to converge both basins as if the two are natural extensions of each other. Don't fall for this ruse. This is being driven by a agenda. The Indians know that the Indus is the gold standard as regards historical heritage. In addition they refuse to accept 1947 therefore this is there way of refusing to accept reality.
However Indus Basin is almost arid desert and profoundly differant from the damp jungles of Ganga. How these two extreme geographies be converged is beyond me. And don't forget even the green strip you see around Indus is irrigated land and came about since British introduced irrigation engineering and canal colonies. Therefore this hides the semi-arid natural state. So never forget the three natural regions of South Asia. The Indus, the Ganga, the Deccan/Dravidia.
Indus Pakistan
Ganga India
Deccan/Dravid India
1. The Indus River Basin - Mostly proximating to Pakistan.
2. The Ganga River Basin - Mostly proximating to Ganga India or Northern India.
3. The Deccan peninsula - Mostly proximating to Dravidian India or Southern India.
Indus Pakistan - This region covers the Indus Basin. On the western flank you have mountains that rise and rise until you go over into Afghan highlands. Strictly speaking Kabul valley in Afghanistan is also part of the Indus Basin because Kabul flows into Indus River near Attock. Most of the region suffers from low rainfal and has arid to semi arid environment tempered by high ranges. Most of the agriculture in the region is entirely depenmdant on the Indus River or it's five tributaries in Punjab thus lending it's name to that region - Panj [five] ab [waters]. Today the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad is few miles east of Indus near the ancient city of Taxila. The dry Indus River basin has been the centre of one of earliest civilizations in the world commonly known as IVC. Today the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is the latest political iteration of a region with 8,000 years of history. This region today has over 200 million population most of it supported by Indus River or it's tributaries. The importance of Indus to Pakistan is a much as it was to our ancestors in Harrappa. It indeed is as vital to existence of Pakistan as is nile to Egypt.
It is important to understand that some parts of the Indus Basin do extend over into India - but that is only a small outlier much as part of it extends into Afghanistan. The centre of gravity of the Indus Region falls in centre of Pakistan. Most of the eastern boundary of the indus Basin with Ganga India is separated by the Thar Desert. Only the the upper reaches in Punjab does the boundary become frayed. However that is only restricted to small part of the boundary. for majority of the Indus-Ganga divide is take care of by the Thar Desert which today conveniently forms the Pak/India border.
Ganga India. This is a vast region dominated by Ganga River. it is mostly damp with plenty of rainfal and in the past was thick tropical jungle with elephant roaming large. Most of Northern India and all of Bangladesh fall in this tropical region. The Ganga on account of having plenty of rainfal has supported huge population and today has over 700 million people living a high density belt with huge cities like New Delhi, Varanasi, Patna, Kolkata and Dhaka.
Deccan India. This is india south of the Vindya range and is a tropical peninsula jutting south. It is land of the Dravidians and can be also called Dravi India. Chennai or Madras was a old city but since many other cities have prospered in this region with possibly over 300 million people.
* There is a very strong effort out there to conflate Indus with Ganga. Terms like Indo-Gangetic are used to converge both basins as if the two are natural extensions of each other. Don't fall for this ruse. This is being driven by a agenda. The Indians know that the Indus is the gold standard as regards historical heritage. In addition they refuse to accept 1947 therefore this is there way of refusing to accept reality.
However Indus Basin is almost arid desert and profoundly differant from the damp jungles of Ganga. How these two extreme geographies be converged is beyond me. And don't forget even the green strip you see around Indus is irrigated land and came about since British introduced irrigation engineering and canal colonies. Therefore this hides the semi-arid natural state. So never forget the three natural regions of South Asia. The Indus, the Ganga, the Deccan/Dravidia.
Indus Pakistan
Ganga India
Deccan/Dravid India
