South Asia 2022

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Sadia Afrin. Financial Sector Specialist, The World Bank Group, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Lok Raj Baral. Executive Chairman, Nepal Centre for Contemporary Studies, Kathmandu, Nepal. Nick J. Freeman. Associate Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore. Marian Gallenkamp. Senior Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany. Michael Gillan. Senior Lecturer, UWA Business School, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. Krishna Hachhethu. Professor of Political Science, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. Raghbendra Jha. Emeritus Professor of Economics, Arndt-Corden Department of Economics, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. Pramod Kantha. Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA. S. I. Keethaponcalan. Professor of Conflict Resolution, Conflict Analysis and Dispute Resolution Department, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD, USA. Diego Maiorano. Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Iftikhar H. Malik. Professor of History, Bath Spa University, Bath, UK. Ilhan Niaz. Associate Professor of History, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Pranab Kumar Panday. Professor, Department of Public Administration, University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Shubhangi Pandey. Public Policy Analyst, The Economist Intelligence Unit, New Delhi, India. Harsh V. Pant. Director of Studies and Head of Strategic Studies Programme, Observer Research Foundation, New Delhi, India; and Professor of International Relations, King’s India Institute and Department of Defence Studies, King’s College London, UK. Geoffrey Parrinder. Late Emeritus Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions, University of London, UK. Gyan Pradhan. Professor and Chair, Department of Economics, Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, USA. Gareth Price. Senior Research Fellow, Asia-Pacific Programme, Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), London, UK. Tirthankar Roy. Professor in Economic History, Department of Economic History, London School of Economics, UK. S. W. R. de A. Samarasinghe. Economic Consultant and former Adjunct Professor, Payson Center for International Development, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA. Ronojoy Sen. Senior Research Fellow, Institute of South Asian Studies and South Asian Studies Programme, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Brian Shaw. Honorary Research Fellow, Centre of Asian Studies, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Sinderpal Singh. Senior Fellow and Co-ordinator of the South Asia Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Clemens Spiess. Senior Project Manager, International Relations, America and Asia, Robert Bosch Stiftung, Stuttgart, Germany. David Taylor. Associate Professor and Head of Educational Programmes, Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations, Aga Khan University, London, UK. Louise Tillin. Director and Reader in Politics, King’s India Institute, King’s College London, UK.

PART ONE General Survey

China’s Growing Reach in South Asia
HARSH V. PANT

India and the USA: An Indo-Pacific Partnership?
SINDERPAL SINGH

Political Islam in South Asia
IFTIKHAR H. MALIK

The Religions of South Asia
GEOFFREY PARRINDER

PART TWO Country Surveys
Sections on geography, history, chronology and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country.

AFGHANISTAN
History SHUBHANGI PANDEY
Economy TIRTHANKAR ROY

BANGLADESH
History PRANAB KUMAR PANDAY
Economy SADIA AFRIN

BHUTAN
History BRIAN SHAW
Economy BRIAN SHAW

INDIA
History DIEGO MAIORANO; based on an earlier essay by DAVID TAYLOR
Economy RAGHBENDRA JHA
In addition, there are separate sections covering each of the states and territories of India.

THE MALDIVES

NEPAL
History PRAMOD KANTHA; based on an earlier essay by LOK RAJ BARAL
Economy GYAN PRADHAN

PAKISTAN
History ILHAN NIAZ
Economy TIRTHANKAR ROY

SRI LANKA
History S. I. KEETHAPONCALAN
Economy S. W. R. DE A. SAMARASINGHE

PART THREE Who’s Who of South Asia

PART FOUR Regional Information
Regional Organizations. Major Commodities of South Asia. Calendars and Weights and Measures. Research Institutes Studying South Asia. Select Bibliography - Books. Select Bibliography - Periodicals. Index of Regional Organizations.