2) subcontinent. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A large landmass, such as India, that is part of a continent but is considered either geographically or politically as an independent entity. 2. A large landmass,...

3) Punjab. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A historical region of the northwest Indian subcontinent bounded by the Indus and Yamuna rivers. It was a center of the prehistoric Indus Valley civilization and...

4) India. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...1. A peninsula and subcontinent of southern Asia south of the Himalaya Mountains, occupied by India, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. 2. A country of southern...

5) Punjab. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Punjab, (pun´jab´) (KEY) [Pers.,=five rivers], historic region in the NW of the Indian subcontinent. Since 1947 it has been separated into an Indian state and a Pakistani...

6) Portuguese India. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Portuguese India, the former Portuguese possessions on the Indian subcontinent. It comprised Dadra and Nagar Haveli, located inland, and the coastal colonies of Goa...

7) D. South and Southeast Asia, 1500-1800. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...which fostered integration of localities into larger economic networks both within the subcontinent and between South Asia and other imperial centers. Very little...

8) British India. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...The part of the Indian subcontinent under direct British administration until India's independence in 1947....

9) Asoka. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...King of Magadha (273-232) who united most of the Indian subcontinent under one rule and was converted to Buddhism, adopting it as the state religion....

10) Southeast Asia. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...A region of Asia bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. It includes Indochina, the Malay Peninsula,...