"The exports of Nepal are vegetables, iron, steel, knotted carpets, carpets, clothing, grain and herbal treatments and oils." I got this information from the article, " Nepal Exports." I can conclude that Nepal has many items that can be use to make money. In addition, many of Nepal's export items are mostly the items we have in the United States. The article states, " The poor infrastructure of Nepal's communication and transportation has prevented extensive industry and trade in the country." This tells me that Nepal is having trouble exporting and making trades with other countries. According to the article, it also states, " It is vital that Nepal maintain good relations and set up agreements with its massive neighbor,India, to insure continued economic growth." I can infer that even though Nepal has poor transportation, the country is still going to make trades with other countries such as India. I think that Nepal is a country that does trades even when they're in trouble. From the article, it states, "Nepal mostly trades with India." This is why I think that Nepal has been trading with India for a long time that they are going to still maintain that even when Nepal is in trouble.

Buddhism (Buddhist)

Hinduism (Hindus)

Islam (Muslims)

According to "Google.com", regions can be separated into languages, too. This article tells us how there are many languages spoken in South Asia. These languages include Hindi, English, Pashto, Dari, Dzongkha, Bengali, Nepali, Tamil, Sinhala, and Urdu. Language is very important to a region.

Source: Google.

Area

They are all grouped together (they are all next to or nearby)

You can also group different countries to regions by vegetation.

India- 21.000 degrees North and 78.000 degrees East

Pakistan- 33.6667 degrees North and 73.1667 degrees East

Nepal- 26.5333 degrees North and 86.7333 degrees East

Bhutan- 27.4170 degrees North and 90.4350 degrees East

Bangladesh- 23.7000 degrees North and 90.3500 degrees East

Sri Lanka- 7.000 degrees North and 81.000 degrees East

Afghanistan- 34.5333 degrees North and 69.1333 degrees East

These coordinates were from Google.

Most of South Asia is located near the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea according to a map in Google Images. Also, some maps show that Afghanistan is part of South Asia and some show that it's not, but I believe that it is part of South Asia.

Here are some places in India that are very beautiful, Khajjiar (in short, it's a small little town), Chandertal Lake, and Sar Pass (judging from the picture, it seems like it is a fun place to sled). For 97 more beautiful places go to- 100 beautiful Places in India.

The Himalayas is important to India and frankly most of South Asia! According to the site "preservearticles", in it, it states,"1. They from a natural wall along the northern borders, which is difficult to cross. They also protect us from cold winds coming from the north. 2. The rivers originating from the Himalayas carry fertile soil from the mountains to the plains. They also help in generating hydroelectricity.

There are other traditions to talk about aside from just food, like the Islamic traditions. The Muslims do a lot of life-cycle rituals like when a baby is born. In a site it says,"The newborn baby has the call to prayer whispered into the left ear, the profession of faith whispered into the right ear, honey or date paste placed in the mouth, and a name selected. On the sixth day after birth, the first bath occurs. On the seventh day or a multiple of the seventh, the head is shaved, and alms are distributed, ideally in silver weighing as much as the hair; a sacrifice of animals imitates the sheep sacrificed instead of Ishmael (Ismail) in biblical times. Religious instruction starts at age four years, four months, and four days, beginning with the standard phrase: "In the name of God, the Beneficent, the Merciful." So this is what Muslims would do. Also the life-cycle rituals differentiate from whether the person is either Hindus, Jains, or Budhhist.

People that immigrated from Bangladesh to India were apparently illegal immigrants since they weren't supposed to cross the borders.

In daily life travel, people can hitch a ride with a truck driver, tell the person where you want to go then you have to decide on a fair price. Also, rather than having a self-driven car, they usually get another person to drive them, kind of like a taxi. But the cheapest way to get around India is by bus. As it states in this site,"Buses are the cheapest way to get around India, though most travelers prefer trains for long-distance journeys." This makes sense because buses don't go too far but is cheap, whereas a train can travel farther but it may cost more. For more information on India's transportation methods go to Transport in India-Lonely Planet.

In Bhutan, they mainly ship calcium carbides, cement, wood products, and minerals, it is a very poor country with many people living below the poverty line. So these goods can support some people in the country with money. My information came from the site Bhutan in the economy section.

Then in India, the UAE (United Arab Emirates) is expecting India to become its major import, export destination by 2030. Just a quick little fact, in 2008-2009 the UAE and India were big trade partners.