Insular South Asia
Islands of South Asia
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Insular South Asia is an ill-defined region, consisting at a minimum of all islands in the Southern region of Asia below the mainland Indian subcontinent, principally Sri Lanka, the Maldives and the Laccadives.[1][2][3] Other sources also apply the term to Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Malay Archipelago (encompassing the Southeast Asian countries — Brunei, Indonesia, East Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and East Timor).[4][5]
It was an important region during the initial European colonisation of South Asia and Southeast Asia.[6][3]
