Meanwhile, supported by aid from China and the Soviet Union, North Vietnam strengthened its air defenses. By November 1967, the number of American troops in Vietnam was approaching 500,000, and U.S. casualties had reached 15,058 killed and 109,527 wounded.
The seven independent countries of the region are India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri. Lanka, Bhutan and Maldives. India has been the central core of this region both physically and. culturally. The other countries form the peripheral region that has been influenced historically. and politically by the core for many centuries. South Asia is located at the southern extremity of.
The Indian subcontinent or the subcontinent is a southern region of Asia, mostly situated on the Indian Plate and projecting southwards into the Indian Ocean from the Himalayas.efinitions of the extent of the Indian subcontinent differ but it usually includes the core lands of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh; Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives are often included as well.