South Asia GuideSouth Asia comprises those countries lying between the Himalaya range of mountains and the Indian Ocean and between the Ganga and Indus river valleys. The Indian Ocean shoreline is divided between the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal. HotelsFind hotels in Mumbai, New Delhi, Kolkata, Bangalore, Karachi and more. MumbaiMumbai, a cosmopolitan metropolis, earlier known as Bombay, is the largest city in India and the capital of the state Maharashtra. DelhiDelhi is India's capital city and the home of executive, legislative, and judiciary branches of the Government of India. KolkataKolkata is the capital of West Bengal and one of the largest cities in India. It is also the largest city in the historic region of Bengal. IndiaIndia is the largest country in the Indian Subcontinent and shares borders with Pakistan to the north-west, China and Nepal to the north, Bhutan to the north-east, and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. PakistanPakistan, is a large country in South Asia. Located along the Arabian Sea, it is surrounded by Afghanistan to the west and northwest, Iran to the southwest, India to the east, and China to the northeast. NepalNepal is a landlocked country in Southern Asia, between the Tibet autonomous region of China and India. BangladeshThe People's Republic of Bangladesh is a little-travelled nation in South Asia, on the edge of the Indian subcontinent. Sri LankaSri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, is in Southern Asia. It is an island country in the Indian Ocean, south of India. BhutanBhutan is a small country in the Himalayas between the Tibet Autonomous Region of China and India. MaldivesThe Maldives are an archipelago of 1,192 coral islands grouped into 26 coral atolls in the Indian Ocean.