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SECTION Historical Overview The region is home to two major world religions, Hinduism and Buddhism, and over several centuries a series of invaders founded and conquered empires in South Asia. Muslim invaders founded the Sultanate of Delhi, and later the Mughal Empire. Over time, European companies set up trading posts along the coast, but eventually the English East India Company edged out rivals and built a colonial empire across South Asia. Resistance to British rule eventually led to the independence and partition of India and Pakistan, and India became one of the nonaligned nations, which adopted neutrality during the Cold War. Physical Characteristics Physical Characteristics Deserts stretch across Afghanistan and Pakistan. Rain forests spread across the slopes of the Western Ghats along India’s west coast. The glacier-covered Himalayas, often referred to as the “rooftop of the world,” tower above the villages of Nepal. Climate Climate Tropical wet covers parts of India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka. Tropical wet and dry extends over parts of India and northern Sri Lanka. Humid subtropical stretches over northern India. Arid and Semiarid cover much of Pakistan and Afghanistan and parts of India. Highlands lies in a thin ribbon in the north along the Himalayas. Ecosystems Tropical grassland stretches over most of India. Tropical rain forest extends over Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and parts of southern and western India. Temperate grassland lies in most of Afghanistan and parts of Pakistan. Desert scrub covers parts of Pakistan and India. Vegetation varies with altitude in the Himalayas. People and Cultures People and Cultures Cattle are commonplace sights in South Asia, and in Hinduism, cows are sacred and are not used for food. India has a population growth rate of 1.6 percent, which will lead to the doubling of the nation’s population in 36 years. Urban landscapes are a mixture of old and new building styles. Economies, Technology, and Environment Economies, Technol