Indostan

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Indostan, or as it used to be called, the 'Indostanic Peninsula', is the former name of the region in South Asia comprised of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, and the Himalayan states Bhutan and Nepal. Their collective historical background may be spoken of as “the Indian Civilization”, and sets these countries apart from the rest of the Asian continent.

The term Indostan was in common use during the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Today it is regarded as an archaism.

[edit] See also

• Robert Orme
• Hindustan

[edit] External links

• "The Six Blind Men of Indostan" by John Godfrey Saxe (1816-1887)
• A general map of Indostan
• A map of Indostan by Major James Rennell (1778)

v • d • e Countries and territories of South Asia Bangladesh  · Bhutan  · British Indian Ocean Territory  · India  · Maldives  · Nepal  · Pakistan  · Sri Lanka Sometimes included:  Afghanistan • Iran • Myanmar • Tibet