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southern south asia wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history 2 see also 3 references toggle the table of contents southern south asia 1 language தமிழ் edit links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikimedia commons wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia geographical region of asia southern indian subcontinent redirects here for the southern region of the indian republic see south india southern south asia fishing activities in sri lanka demonym southern south asian countries india south india maldives sri lanka languages most common first languages kannada malayalam sinhala tamil telugu time zones utc 5 30 utc 5 45 utc 06 00 internet tld in calling code zone 9 religions hinduism islam christianity buddhism irreligion tribal jainism ethnic groups indo aryan dravidian southern south asia is a geographical area in south asia and is the southern region of the subcontinent depending on definition it includes the countries of india particularly south india the maldives and sri lanka 1 2 it is predominantly dravidian 3 4 southern south asia is noted for being the most culturally distinct region of south asia from northern south asia 5 with greater gender equality 6 7 there is significant competition between india and china for influence over the island nations of the region 2 history edit see also history of south india southern south asia was a hub of global trade in ancient times because of its position in the important indian ocean corridor 8 for example a significant number of roman products have been discovered in the region 9 10 governments throughout southern south asia adopted sanskrit for public political expression beginning around 300 ce and ending around 1300 resulting in greater integration into the broader south asian cultural sphere 11 this significantly influenced the languages of the region making all of the major dravidian languages except for tamil highly sanskritised 12 13 artisanal production of handicraft articles metal working see wootz steel and cloth production were historically important features of the economy in southern south asia 14 tamil influence in the region is quite significant with prominent empires such as the chola dynasty taking tamil culture to sri lanka and beyond south asia and sri lanka having an ancient tamil minority and a dravidian influenced majority language of sinhala 15 16 17 chola innovations include various techniques for water resource management 18 some of which are used today to restore lakes throughout india 19 during british rule madras now chennai became the center of the region and a stability was created that benefitted tamils throughout the region tamils were also favoured by the british in sri lanka over the sinhalese people of the island this laid the foundation for resentment and later ethnic conflict in sri lanka which lasted for decades 20 see also edit south india tamilakam littoral south asia southwestern coastal south asia southeastern coastal south asia island south asia references edit cardoso hugo the synchrony and diachrony of an asian portuguese causal morpheme academia 1 2 balances and benefits in southern south asia the maldives and sri lanka in 2021 https www orfonline org aditya gowdara shivamurthy future potential and the invisible diaspora new zealand and south asia diasporas https www asianz org nz robert didham cohen walter 2017 eurasian literature through the eighteenth century academic oup com doi 10 1093 acprof oso 9780198732679 001 0001 isbn 978 0 19 873267 9 retrieved 5 october 2023 cite web cs1 maint periodical has isbn link pillalamarri akhilesh the geopolitics of south asian political stability thediplomat com retrieved 5 october 2023 encyclopedia of modern asia http www sabrizain org david levinson and karen christensen agarwal bina 2003 women s land rights and the trap of neo conservatism a response to jackson journal of agrarian change 3 4 571 585 bibcode 2003jagrc 3 571a doi 10 1111 1471 0366 00067 issn 1471 0358 patrick roberts made national geographic explorer www shh mpg de retrieved 5 october 2023 hoppál krisztina bellina bérénice dussubieux laure 7 september 2023 southeast asia and the mediterranean world at the turn of the first millennium ce networks commodities and cultural reception pdf cambridge archaeological journal 34 2 291 314 doi 10 1017 s0959774323000264 issn 0959 7743 dalrymple william garum masala william dalrymple issn 0028 7504 retrieved 5 october 2023 comparing east asian and southeast asian buddhism looking at traditional china from the margins http buddhism lib ntu edu tw john r mcrae setting the record straight the economist issn 0013 0613 retrieved 5 october 2023 sanskrit is the mother of all indian languages bhyrappa the hindu 7 january 2023 issn 0971 751x retrieved 5 october 2023 mielants eric h 2007 the origins of capitalism and the rise of the west temple university press isbn 978 1 59213 575 2 jstor j ctt14bt31n the sri lankan civil war and its history revisited in 2020 harvard international review 31 august 2020 retrieved 5 october 2023 perera sasanka pathak dev nath kumar ravi 30 december 2021 against the nation thinking like south asians bloomsbury publishing isbn 978 93 89812 33 6 kamalakaran ajay 23 march 2022 how a unique tamil dialect survived among a fishing community in sri lanka scroll in retrieved 5 october 2023 angelakis andreas n 2014 evolution of sanitation and wastewater technologies through the centuries water intelligence online 13 doi 10 2166 9781780404851 issn 1476 1777 lake man relies on ancient methods to ease water crisis the times of india 25 september 2023 issn 0971 8257 retrieved 5 october 2023 williams victoria r 24 february 2020 indigenous peoples an encyclopedia of culture history and threats to survival volumes 1 4 bloomsbury publishing usa isbn 979 8 216 10219 9 places adjacent to southern south asia west india central south asia bay of bengal arabian sea southern south asia bay of bengal indian ocean indian ocean indian ocean v t e south asian topics countries and regions afghanistan sometimes not included bangladesh bhutan british indian ocean territory india regions maldives nepal pakistan regions sri lanka south asian regions northern eastern southern general geography ethnic groups andamanese austroasiatic austronesian dravidian indo aryan iranic nuristani tibeto burman turkic other groups afro asians chinese european and eurasian semitic diaspora culture architecture art cinema cuisine cultural sphere fashion languages literature music mythology philosophy scripts surnames environment monsoon climate change economy and politics human rights in south asia religious nationalism hindu muslim sikh stock exchanges caste system history archaeology archaeological cultures bronze age iron age middle kingdoms medieval early modern colonial era contemporary era former countries religion dharmic buddhism hinduism jainism sikhism islam religious persecution bangladesh india pakistan sports cricket south asian football federation south asian games martial arts physical culture traditional games education south asian studies history military india pakistan conflicts sino indian border dispute afghanistan pakistan skirmishes science and technology indian institutes of technology inventions and discoveries history swords traditional 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