Culture of South Asia explained

The culture of South Asia, also known as Desi culture, is a mixture of several cultures in and around the Indian subcontinent. Ancient South Asian culture was primarily based in Hinduism, which itself formed as a mixture of Vedic religion and indigenous traditions (like Dravidian folk religion), and later Buddhist influences.^[1] From the medieval era onwards, influences from the Muslim world (particularly Central Asia and the Middle East) and then Europe (primarily British) also became prevalent.^{[2] [3]}

South Asian culture has influenced other parts of Asia, particularly Southeast Asia (see Greater India).^[4]

Religion

See main article: Religion in South Asia.

Architecture

Bengali architecture

See also

• Culture of Asia
  • Individual South Asian countries' cultures:
  • Culture of Afghanistan
  • Culture of Bangladesh
  • Culture of Bhutan
  • Culture of India
  • Culture of the Maldives
  • Culture of Nepal
  • Culture of Pakistan
  • Culture of Sri Lanka

Referenced works

• • • • Book: Bowker . John . The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions . 1999 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-866242-6.
• Book: Doniger, Wendy . Wendy Doniger . On Hinduism . Oxford University Press . 2014 . 978-0-19-936008-6 . 30 January 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170130223555/https://books.google.com/books?id=c8vRAgAAQBAJ . live.
• Book: Nicholson, Andrew J. . 2010 . . Columbia University Press . 978-0-231-14987-7.
• Book: Acharya, Mādhava . Cowell . E. B. . Gough . A. E. . The Sarva-darśana-samgraha: Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy . 1894 . Trübner & Company . London.
• Perrett . Roy W. . 1984 . The Problem of Induction in Indian Philosophy . . 34 . 2 . 161–174 . 10.2307/1398916 . 1398916 .
• Book: Perrett . Roy W. . 2000 . Indian Philosophy : A Collection of Readings, Volume 3: Metaphysics . Garland . 978-0-8153-3608-2 . .
• Book: Acharya, Mādhava . Cowell . E. B. . Gough . A. E. . The Sarva-darśana-samgraha: Or, Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy . 1894 . Trübner & Company . London.
• Book: Cowell . E. B. . Gough . A. E. . The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha or Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy . Trubner's Oriental Series . 2001 . Taylor & Francis . 978-0-415-24517-3.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Micu . Alexandru . 2020-07-01 . How old is Hinduism and how it all started . 2023-09-11 . ZME Science . en-US.
2. Web site: From the Achaemenids to the Mughals: A look at India's lost Persian history . 2023-09-11 . Middle East Eye . en.
3. Web site: 2010-06-06 . How the British influenced Indian culture . 2023-09-11 . DAWN.COM . en.
4. Web site: Pillalamarri . Akhilesh . How India Influenced Southeast Asian Civilization . 2023-09-11 . thediplomat.com . en-US.