Escolar Documentos
Profissional Documentos
Cultura Documentos
Semester 2, AY2018-19
Course Coordinator:
Dr. Jayati Bhattacharya
Contact hours: Tuesdays: 12-2 p.m., AS8, 06-38
South Asian Studies Programme
National University of Singapore
Information on tutorials for exchange students
You can register for tutorials by emailing Nur Haizumi Mohd Khafidz
(fasasnh@nus.edu.sg); Ms. Dalhia Bte Kasmani (fasasdk@nus.edu.sg).
You can also send email at fasbox59@nus.edu.sg your top 3 tutorial group choices. You
will be informed of the tutorial group you have been allocated. The tutorial
timetable is given below for your reference.
TD2 Odd Tuesday 16:00 18:00 AS5-0309 DG Tutors for the module
• 1947: India,
Pakistan,
Nepal
• 1948: Sri
Lanka
• 1949: Bhutan
• 1965:Maldives
• 1971:
Bangladesh
Some important cities in South Asia
Different national flags
South Asia- Location and Climate
• Position:
– longitude: 62°E – 98°E;
– latitude:2°N-38°N
• International frontiers:
– Iran; Afghanistan; Central Asia
– Tibet/China
– Myanmar/Southeast Asia
– ‘extension’ towards Straits of Malacca and connecting the
South China Sea
– Maritime connections to Middle East and Africa through
Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean
South Asia- Population
Comparing Population Density
South Asia- Diverse languages and scripts
Languages-
• Regions
• Dialects
• Scripts
South Asia- Geopolitical Realities
• Land-locked nation-states-
Bhutan and Nepal