South Asia Support System for Greenstone:A Report

Perhaps no other part of the world holds such a complex array of communities and cultures as South Asia does. Home to a fifth of humanity, the region is also home to scores of languages, scripts, faiths and philosophies. The region, home to the ancient Indus-Valley civilization, has a recorded history of over 5000 years. Given this it is only to be expected that the region also has an extremely rich and diverse literary and cultural heritage. Most countries in the region have come under colonial rule and have become independent only around the middle of the 20^th Century. Almost all the countries in the region are developing countries with a significant proportion of population living below the poverty line, and illiteracy is still a major issue.