The Atlantic Ocean is the second largest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean, but larger than...

The Arctic Ocean is the smallest of the world's five ocean basins (after the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean,...

The first Sinhalese arrived in Sri Lanka late in the 6th century B.C., probably from northern India. Buddhism was introduced...

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the oldest in the world and dating back at least 5,000 years, spread over...

During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, the principality of Gorkha united many of the other principalities and states...

A sultanate since the 12th century, the Maldives became a British protectorate in 1887 and a republic in 1968, three...

The Indus Valley civilization, one of the world's oldest, flourished during the 3rd and 2nd millennia B.C. and extended into...

Formerly administered as part of the British Crown Colony of Mauritius, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) was established as...

After Britain’s victory in the 1865 Duar War, Britain and Bhutan signed the Treaty of Sinchulu, under which Bhutan would...

The huge delta region at the confluence of the Ganges and Brahmaputra River systems -- now referred to as Bangladesh...

Ahmad Shah DURRANI unified the Pashtun tribes and founded Afghanistan in 1747. The country served as a buffer between the...