Culture of South Asia

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{{Main|Cultural history of India}}

{{See also|Immigration to India#Medieval era}}The Delhi Sultanate, having conquered most of India by the 13th century, ushered in over five centuries of Indo-Muslim rule, and helped turn Delhi into a cosmopolitan and powerful hub in the Islamic world.{{Cite web |date=2013-05-29 |title=Cultural sultanate |url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/books/cultural-sultanate/article4735683.ece |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Frontline |language=en}}

The Mughal Empire played a role in consolidating the political structure that defines South Asia until the present-day, having brought various South Asian subregions' focuses to bear on each other, rather than on neighbouring Afro-Eurasian regions.{{Cite web |title=Mughal empire and the making of a region: Locating South Asia in early modern international order |url=https://www.brookings.edu/articles/making-of-a-region-locating-south-asia-in-early-modern-international-order/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=Brookings |language=en-US}}

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The introduction of census-based demography and local elections in the 19th century created harder boundaries between various communities in newly political ways. European Christian history, which featured a substantial streak of conflict with Islam, also influenced local perceptions of Indo-Muslim history to become more negative.{{Cite web |last=Banerjee |first=Prathama |date=2020-03-03 |title=Are communal riots a new thing in India? Yes, and it started with the British |url=https://theprint.in/opinion/are-communal-riots-a-new-thing-in-india-yes-and-it-started-with-the-british/374458/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}

The British colonisation of India influenced South Asian culture noticeably. The most noticeable influence is the English language which emerged as the administrative and lingua franca of India and Pakistan (and which also greatly influenced the native South Asian languages; see also: South Asian English){{Cite book |last1=Hodges |first1=Amy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=txxQBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA17 |title=Going Global: Transnational Perspectives on Globalization, Language, and Education |last2=Seawright |first2=Leslie |date=2014-09-26 |publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing |isbn=978-1-4438-6761-0 |language=en}} followed by the blend of native and gothic/sarcenic architecture. Similarly, the influence of the South Asian languages and culture can be seen on Britain, too; for example, many Indian words entering the English language,{{Cite web |title=How India changed the English language |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20150619-how-india-changed-english |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}} and also the adoption of South Asian cuisine.{{Cite web |title=Cricket, curry and cups of tea: India's influence on Victorian Britain |url=https://www.historyextra.com/period/victorian/cricket-curry-and-cups-of-tea/ |access-date=2024-08-31 |website=HistoryExtra |language=en}}

The 1947 partition of India resulted in cultural divergence among the newly created countries of India and Pakistan.{{Cite journal |last=Hasan |first=Samar |date=2005 |title=India and Pakistan: Common Identity and Conflict |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/45054038 |journal=Refugee Survey Quarterly |volume=24 |issue=4 |pages=74–80 |issn=1020-4067}} Cultural and linguistic disputes also characterised the 1971 secession of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) from Pakistan.{{Cite journal |last=Coates |first=Jenefer |date=1972-03-01 |title=Bangladesh-the Struggle for Cultural Independence |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1080/03064227208532144 |journal=Index on Censorship |language=en |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=17–35 |doi=10.1080/03064227208532144 |issn=0306-4220}}

Competing forms of nationalism, be they civic, religious, ethnocultural or otherwise, have increasingly shaped cultural debates in various South Asian countries.{{Cite journal |last=Upreti |first=B. C. |date=2006 |title=Nationalism in South Asia: Trends and Interpretations |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41856240 |journal=The Indian Journal of Political Science |volume=67 |issue=3 |pages=535–544 |issn=0019-5510}}

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• Culture of Asia
• :Category:Culture of South 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

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