Northwest South Asia

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Northwest South Asia is a culturally diverse subregion at the western edge of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing parts of modern Pakistan and neighboring areas where various Indo-Aryan and Iranian ethnic groups and languages intersect.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Northwestern Indian subcontinent 7
Northwest South Asia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (73)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural region
geographical region
borderedBy Arabian Sea
Central Asia
Middle East
characterizedBy cultural diversity
ethnic diversity
linguistic diversity
hasCharacteristic frontier zone between South Asia and Iranic world
intersection of Indo-Aryan and Iranian ethnic groups
intersection of Indo-Aryan and Iranian languages
hasColonialPower British Empire
hasEconomicActivity agriculture
pastoralism
trade
hasEthnicGroup Baloch
linked to: Baloch people

Brahuis
Hazaras
Kashmiris
Pashtuns
Punjabis
linked to: Punjabi people

Saraikis
Sindhis
linked to: Sindhi people
hasFeature Hindu Kush mountains
linked to: Hindu Kush

Indus River basin
Karakoram Range
linked to: Karakoram

Sulaiman Range
Thar Desert (western part)
linked to: Thar Desert
hasHistoricalCivilization Indus Valley Civilization
hasHistoricalEmpire Achaemenid Empire (partial control)
linked to: Achaemenid Empire

Kushan Empire
Maurya Empire (partial control)
linked to: Maurya Empire

Mughal Empire
hasHistoricalRegion Indus Valley
hasHistoricalRole corridor for invasions into the Indian subcontinent
crossroads of Indo-Aryan and Iranian cultures
zone of interaction between South Asia and Central Asia
hasLanguage Balochi
Balti
Brahui
Hindko
Kashmiri
Pashto
Punjabi
linked to: Punjabi language

Saraiki
Shina
Sindhi
hasLanguageFamily Indo-Aryan languages
Iranian languages
hasMajorRiver Chenab River
Indus River
Jhelum River
Kabul River
Ravi River
Sutlej River
hasReligion Buddhism (historical)
linked to: Buddhism

Hinduism
Islam
Sikhism
hasSubregion Balochistan region
Gandhara (historical region)
Gilgit-Baltistan
Kashmir region
linked to: Kashmir

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab region
linked to: Punjab

Rajasthan (northwestern part)
linked to: northern Rajasthan

Sindh
locatedIn western edge of the Indian subcontinent
overlapsWith Afghanistan
India
Iran
Pakistan
partOf South Asia

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hindkowans culturalRegion Northwest South Asia
Landa geographicContext Northwestern Indian subcontinent
linked to: Northwest South Asia
Lahore Mint regionOfInfluence Northwestern Indian subcontinent
linked to: Northwest South Asia
Battle of Attock region Northwestern Indian subcontinent
linked to: Northwest South Asia
Battle of Kashmir hasMainTheater Northwestern Indian subcontinent
linked to: Northwest South Asia
Vedic Hinduism originatedInRegion Northwestern Indian subcontinent
linked to: Northwest South Asia
Kāṭhaka Shakha hasHistoricalRegion Northwestern Indian subcontinent
linked to: Northwest South Asia
Kathaka hasGeographicalAssociation Northwestern Indian subcontinent
linked to: Northwest South Asia