1. AFGHANISTAN
*Kabul

2. Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified
the Pashtun tribes and founded
Afghanistan in 1747. The country
served as a buffer between the
British and Russian Empires until
it won independence from
notional British control in 1919.

3. • 30 M (est.)
 652, 230 sq. m.
• Pashtun 42%, Tajik 27%, Hazara 9%, Uzbek
9%, Aimak 4%, Turkmen 3%, Baloch 2%, other 4%

4. Afghanistan has been an ancient
focal point of the Silk Road and
human migration.
Afghans display pride in their
culture, nation, ancestry, and
above all, their religion and
independence.
Over 99% of the Afghan
population is Muslim

5. has a very strong and complex
defensive system; used as a military
college since 1939

6. the place features Sultan Ghiyas-ud-
din’s tomb.

7. BANGLADESH
* Dhaka

8. ORIGIN
Europeans began to set
up trading posts in the
area of Bangladesh in the
16th century; eventually
the British came to
dominate the region and it
became part of British

9. POPULATION
161 M (est.)
AREA
• 143,998 sq km
PEOPLE
• Bengali 98%, other 2% (includes tribal
groups, non-Bengali Muslims)

10. FACTS
Bangladesh means
"Land of Bengal" or
"Country of
Bengal"

11. Bangladesh
• MAHASTHANGARH - THE OLDEST ARCHAEOLOGICAL
SITE

12. Bangladesh
• PAHARPUR - THE LARGEST BUDDHIST SEAT OF
LEARNING

13. Bangladesh
• DINAJPUR - OLD ORNAMENTAL TEMPLE
TOWN

14. BHUTAN
* Thimpu

15.  Names similar to Bhutan—
including Bottanthis, Bottan,Bottanter—began to
appear in Europe around the 1580s.Jean-
Baptiste Tavernier's 1676 Six Voyages is the first
to record the name Boutan

16.  716,896 (est)
AREA
• 38,394 sq km
PEOPLE
• Bhote 50%, ethnic Nepalese 35% (includes Lhotsampas
- one of several Nepalese ethnic groups), indigenous
or migrant tribes 15%

17.  The word “Bhutan” translates to “Land of the
Thunder Dragon.” It earned the nickname
because of the fierce storms that often roll in
from the Himalayas.

18. Mongar

19. Wangdiphodrang

20. Paro Valley
• an exquisite valley and is home to some of Bhutan's
oldest temples & monasteries.

21. INDIA
* New Delhi

22.  India became an independent nation in 1947
after a struggle for independence that was
marked by non-violent resistance led
by Mahatma Gandhi.

23.  1,205,073,612 (est.)
AREA
• 3,287,263 sq km
PEOPLE
• Indo-Aryan 72%, Dravidian
25%, Mongoloid and other 3%

24.  It is the seventh-largest country by
geographical area, the second-most
populous country with over 1.2 billion
people, and the most populous democracy in
the world.
 Four of the world's major religions—
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, andSikhism—
originated here

25. Taj mahal
epitome of Mughal art and one of the
most famous buildings in the world.

26. Betaab Valley
• given after the release of a Bollywood movie “Betaab
Valley” and it is named so as most of the shooting of the
films was done in this area. films was done in this area.

27. Lonavala
• is famous for its weather and scenic views.

28. MALDIVES
*Male

29. ORIGIN
 Maldives was largely terra incognita for tourists until
the early 1970s. Only 185 islands are home to its
300,000 population, while the other islands are used
entirely for economic purposes of which tourism and
agriculture are the most dominant.

30. POPULATION
 394,451 (est.)
AREA
• 298 sq km
PEOPLE
• South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs

31. FACTS
 Maldives is the smallest Asian country in both
population and land area.
 Planet's lowest country

32. Mohammad Thakurufaanu was the leading
figure that liberated the country from the
colonial rule of Portugal.

34. NEPAL
* Kathmandu

35. ORIGIN
 Nepal by folk etymology - "the country
looked after by Ne“
 Nepa “Newar Kingdom”

36. POPULATION
 29 M (est.)
AREA
• 147,181 sq km
PEOPLE
• Chhettri 15.5%, Brahman-Hill 12.5%, Magar
7%, Tharu 6.6%, Tamang 5.5%, Newar 5.4%, Muslim
4.2%, Kami 3.9%, Yadav 3.9%, other
32.7%, unspecified 2.8%

37. FACTS
 Nepal has a rich geography. The
mountainous north has eight of the world's
ten tallest mountains, including Mount
Everest, called Sagarmatha in Nepali.

38. Mt. Everest

39. Chitwan National Park
• Granted
the status
of a World
Heritage
Site in
1984.
There are
many
species of
birds, croco
diles, rhino
s, sloth
bears, tiger
s.

40. • Annapurna is a series of peaks in the Himalayas.
It's also the popular trekking region of Nepal

41. PAKISTAN
* Islamabad

42.  Pakistan Movement led by Muhammad Ali
Jinnah and India's struggle for independence, Pakistan
was created in 1947 as an independent nation for
Muslims from the regions in the east and west of India
where there was a Muslim majority.

43.  190 M (est.)
AREA
• 796,095 sq km
PEOPLE
• Punjabi 44.68%, Pashtun (Pathan) 15.42%, Sindhi
14.1%, Sariaki 8.38%, Muhajirs 7.57%, Balochi
3.57%, other 6.28%

44.  Sixth most populous country in the world and has the
largest Muslim population after Indonesia.

45. The Pakistan Monument
• It represents
the three
territories and
four provinces
of the country.
In addition, it
also
symbolizes the
developing
economy in
the place.

46. Pakistan
• Lahore is one of the cities of Punjab. The place
has a Mughal heritage. Some of the
attractions at the city include Maharaja Ranjit
Singh Mausoleum, the Roshni Gate and the
Alamgiri Gate.

47. SRI
LANKA
*
Colombo

48. ORIGIN
 The first Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in
the 6th B.C., probably from northern India; a
great civilization developed at the cities of
Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa.

49. POPULATION
 21 M (est.)
AREA
• 65,610 sq km
PEOPLE
• Sinhalese 73.8%, Sri Lankan Moors 7.2%, Indian Tamil
4.6%, Sri Lankan Tamil 3.9%, other 0.5%, unspecified 10%

50. FACTS
 Sri Lanka has also been a center of
the Buddhist religion and culture from
ancient times, being the nation where the
Buddhist teachings were first written down as
well as the oldest continually Buddhist
country.
 Sri Lanka has been called The Pearl of the
Indian Ocean

51. Polonnaruwa
• most magnificent temple ruins that go as far back as
the tenth century.

52. Dambulla Cave Temple
• The caves
houses more
than one
hundred various
statues of the
Buddha, several
statues of the
country’s great
kings as well as
a few statues of
Hindu gods.

53. Sigiriya in Matale
• rock fortress and palace surrounded by gardens
and two moats.

54. References:
• www.wikipedia.org
• www.google.com
• www.cia.gov