Indies

The Indies or East Indies (or East India) is a term used to describe lands of South and Southeast Asia, occupying all of the former British India, the present Indian Union, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, and also Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, which was last called the Dutch East Indies before independence.

Related Topics:
Asia - British India - India - Pakistan - Bangladesh - Myanmar - Sri Lanka - Maldives - Thailand - Malaysia - Indonesia - Dutch East Indies

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The East Indies also include Iranian Baluchistan, Indochina, the Philippine Islands, Brunei, Singapore and East Timor. It does not, however, include Irian Jaya (West Papua), which is part of Melanesia.

Related Topics:
Baluchistan - Indochina - Philippine Islands - Brunei - Singapore - East Timor - Irian Jaya - Melanesia

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The inhabitants of the East Indies are called East Indians, especially in the Caribbean. Anthropogists also call them Indic.

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The extensive East Indies are subdivided into two sections (from a European perspective), called Hither India and Further India. The first is the former British India, the second is modern Southeast Asia or the ASEAN Bloc.

Related Topics:
Southeast - ASEAN

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Oftentimes, the East Indies are name after their colonizer, hence, British East Indies is India and Malaysia, Netherlands East Indies is Indonesia, and Spanish East Indies is the Philippines.

Related Topics:
India - Malaysia - Netherlands East Indies - Indonesia - Philippines

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