12) Mughal art and architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...architecture, a characteristic Indo-Islamic-Persian style that flourished on the Indian subcontinent during the Mughal empire (1526-1857). This new style combined...

13) India. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...India, is the Himalayan mountain wall, where rise the three great rivers of the Indian subcontinent-the Indus, the Ganges, and the Brahmaputra. 2The Gangetic alluvial...

14) India-Pakistan Wars. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...given to the series of conflicts between India and Pakistan since 1947, when the Indian subcontinent was partitioned and the two countries became independent of Great...

15) Southeast Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on...

16) 3. South Asia, 1000-1500. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of models and values imported from other parts of the Islamicate world and renegotiated in the subcontinent as they met with emerging regional cultural systems. Though...

17) Indo-European. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...consisting of most of the languages of Europe as well as those of Iran, the Indian subcontinent, and other parts of Asia. b. Proto-Indo-European. Also called Indo-Germanic....

18) reserpine. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...serpentina), a small evergreen climbing shrub of the dogbane family native to the Indian subcontinent. Known in India as Sarpaganda, it was used for centuries to...

19) F. South and Southeast Asia, 1945-2000. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Asia from direct imperial control and the struggle by the resulting nation-states of the subcontinent to create viable civil societies and to find appropriate places...

20) Indus valley civilization. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...valley of the Indus River and its tributaries, in the northwestern portion of the Indian subcontinent, i.e., present-day Pakistan. At its height, its geographical...