Eastern Southern Asia
A
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. 750
Sy
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Am
u
Da
ry
a
Irtysh
Ob'
Aral
Sea
Volga
Tigris
C
a
s
p
ia
n
S
e
a
Gange
s
Ya
mu
na
Bay of
Bengal
I N
D I A
N O C
E A N
Persian Gulf
Ara
bian
Sea
Sri Lanka
SILKROAD TIEN SHAN
TARIM BASIN
TAKLIMAKAN
DESERT
HIM
AL
AYA
MOU
NTAINS
Baghdad
Herat
Merv
Samarkand
Kashi
(Kashgar)
Yutian
(Khotan)
Multan
Kabul
Lhasa
GURJARA-
PRATIHARAS
ABBASID
CALIPHATE
TIBETAN
60 ° 70 ° 80 ° 90 °
50 °
40 °
30 °
20 °
10 °
0 °
40 ° 50 ° 60 ° 70 ° 80 ° 90 °
N
Lambert Azimuthal Equal Area Projection
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400 800 Miles
0 1000 Kilometers
200 600
400 800
0
200 600
National Capital
Major Cities
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