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The Himalayan Rim is the Asian region surrounding the Himalayas. Definition Geographically, it is surrounded by the Iranian Plateau in the west, Hindu Kush and Karakoram and Pamir ranges in the northwest, the Tibetan Plateau in the north, the Indochinese Peninsula in the east, and the Indian subcontinent in the south. The countries bordering the Himalayas include China (Tibet in particular) to the north, Myanmar to the east, India, Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan to the south (see also: Northern South Asia), and Afghanistan to the west. History Pre-contemporary era The Himalayas impacted the way that religions and cultures spread throughout Asia, as can be seen in the spread of Buddhism along the Silk Road, or the way that Tibetans interacted with Indic Himalayan peoples throughout history. In the early second millennium, Buddhism became less prominent in South Asia, with Hinduism and Islam becoming the primary religions south of the Himalayas. By the early 16th century, G ...
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The Himalayas, or Himalaya ( ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the Earth's highest peaks, including the highest, Mount Everest. More than list of highest mountains on Earth, 100 peaks exceeding elevations of above sea level lie in the Himalayas. The Himalayas abut on or cross territories of Himalayan states, six countries: Nepal, China, Pakistan, Bhutan, India and Afghanistan. The sovereignty of the range in the Kashmir region is disputed among India, Pakistan, and China. The Himalayan range is bordered on the northwest by the Karakoram and Hindu Kush ranges, on the north by the Tibetan Plateau, and on the south by the Indo-Gangetic Plain. Some of the world's major rivers, the Indus River, Indus, the Ganges river, Ganges, and the Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tsangpo–Brahmaputra River, Brahmaputra, rise in the vicinity of the Himalayas, and their combined drainage basin is home to some 6 ...
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Northern South Asia
Northern South Asia is a geographical area in South Asia, and includes the country of Afghanistan, the Himalayas, parts of the Tibetan plateau and the northern region of the Indian subcontinent. The Indo-Gangetic Plain forms the dominant feature. Depending on definition, it covers some or all of the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and India (specifically North India and Northeast India), and Pakistan. Ethnolinguistic group, Ethnolinguistically, northern South Asia is predominantly Indo-Aryan peoples, Indo-Aryan, along with Iranic peoples, Iranic populations in Afghanistan and Balochistan, and diverse linguistic communities near the Himalayas. Until the Partition of India in 1947, northern South Asia had a significant degree of cultural and political unity; the 1947 partition, along with the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, secession of Bangladesh from Pakistan, resulted in significant inter-migration in the region. Since the end of colonial rule in the region, s ...
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