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The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world ' s oceanic divisions , covering ( approximately 20 % of the water on the Earth ' s surface ). It is bounded by Asia on the north , on the west by Africa , on the east by Australia , and on the south by the Southern Ocean or , depending on definition , by Antarctica . It is named after the country of India . The Indian Ocean is known as " Ratnkara ", "" the mine of gems "" in ancient ___MASK54___ literature , and as " Hind Mahsgar ", "" the great Indian sea "", in ___MASK7___ . Malkohas are large birds in the cuckoo family Cuculidae , all in the genus Phaenicophaeus . The group name is derived from the ___MASK46___ word for the red - faced malkoha ; Mal - Koha meaning flower - cuckoo . These are all Asian tropical species . The genus name is derived from the Ancient ___MASK60___ " phoiniko -" " crimson ", and " phaes " " eyes " or " face ", referring to the red - faced malkoha . However , the ' œ ' was mistranscribed as ' æ '. The Arabian Sea is a region of the northern Indian Ocean bounded on the north by Pakistan and Iran , on the west by northeastern Somalia and the Arabian Peninsula , and on the east by India . Historically the sea has been known by other names including the Erythraean Sea and the ___MASK29___ Sea . Its total area is and its maximum depth is . The Gulf of Aden is in the southwest , connecting the Arabian Sea to the Red Sea through the strait of Bab - el - Mandeb , and the Gulf of Oman is in the northwest , connecting it to the ___MASK29___ Gulf . Sri Lanka ( or ; Sinhalese :         ', ___MASK32___ :     " Ilakai "), officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( formerly known as Ceylon ), is an island country in South Asia near south - east India . Sri Lanka has maritime borders with India to the northwest and the Maldives to the southwest . Vidyapati ( 1352 -- 1448 ) , also known by the sobriquet Maithil Kavi Kokil ( the poet cuckoo of Maithili ) was a Maithili poet and a ___MASK54___ writer . He was born in the village Bisfi in Madhubani district of Mithila Region of India and died in the in Janakpur Metropolitan of Mithila Region of Nepal in exile . He was son of Ganapati . The name Vidyapati is derived from two ___MASK54___ words , Vidya ( knowledge ) and Pati ( master ) , connoting thereby , a man of knowledge . Vidyapati ' s poetry was widely influential in centuries to come , in the Hindustani as well as ___MASK71___ , Maithili , less actively Nepali language and other Eastern literary traditions . Indeed , the language at the time of Vidyapati , the prakrit - derived late abahatta , had just began to transition into early versions of the Eastern languages , Maithili , Nepali ___MASK71___ , Odia , etc . Thus , Vidyapati ' s influence on making these languages has been described as `` analogous to that of Dante in Italy and Chaucer in England . '' Buddhism ( or ) is a religion and dharma that encompasses a variety of traditions , beliefs and spiritual practices largely based on teachings attributed to the Buddha . Buddhism originated in India sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE , from where it spread through much of Asia , whereafter it declined in India during the middle ages . Two major extant branches of Buddhism are generally recognized by scholars : Theravada ( ___MASK2___ : " The School of the Elders ") and Mahayana ( Sanskrit : " The Great Vehicle "). Buddhism is the world ' s fourth - largest religion , with over 500 million followers or 7 % of the global population , known as Buddhists . India , officially the Republic of India (" Bhrat Gaarjya "), is a country in South Asia . It is the seventh - largest country by area , the second - most populous country ( with over 1 . 2 billion people ), and the most populous democracy in the world . It is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south , the Arabian Sea on the southwest , and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast . It shares land borders with Pakistan to the west ; China , Nepal , and Bhutan to the northeast ; and Myanmar ( Burma ) and Bangladesh to the east . In the Indian Ocean , India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives . India ' s Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand and Indonesia . Its capital is New Delhi ; other metropolises include Mumbai , Kolkata , Chennai , Bangalore , Hyderabad and Ahmedabad . Chennai ; formerly known as Madras or ) is the capital of the Indian state of ___MASK32___ Nadu . Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal , it is one of the biggest cultural , economic and educational centres in South India . According to the 2011 Indian census , it is the sixth - largest city and fourth - most populous urban agglomeration in India . The city together with the adjoining regions constitute the Chennai Metropolitan Area , which is the 36th - largest urban area by population in the world . Chennai is among the most visited Indian cities by foreign tourists . It was ranked 43rd most visited city in the world for year 2015 . The Quality of Living Survey rated Chennai as the safest city in India . Chennai attracts 45 percent of health tourists visiting India , and 30 to 40 percent of domestic health tourists . As such , it is termed " India ' s health capital ". As a growing metropolitan city in a developing country , Chennai confronts substantial pollution and other logistical and socio - economic problems . Madhubani District is one of the thirty - eight districts of Bihar state , India , and Madhubani town is the administrative headquarters of this district . Madhubani district is a part of Darbhanga Division . The district occupies an area of 3 , 501 km² and has a population of 3 , 570 , 651 . This is the centre of Mithila , a region where the main language is Maithili . The cuckoos are a family of birds , Cuculidae , the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo , roadrunners , koels , malkohas , couas , coucals and anis . The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families , the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae respectively . Indonesia ( or ; ___MASK43___ : ), officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country located mainly in Southeast Asia with some territories in Oceania . Situated between the Indian and Pacific oceans , it is the world ' s largest island country , with more than seventeen thousand islands . At , Indonesia is the world ' s 14th - largest country in terms of land area and world ' s 7th - largest country in terms of combined sea and land area . It has an estimated population of over 260 million people and is the world ' s fourth most populous country , the most populous Austronesian nation , as well as the most populous Muslim - majority country . The world ' s most populous island of Java contains more than half of the country ' s population . Devanagari (, a compound of "" deva "" and "" ngar "" ; ___MASK7___ pronunciation : ), also called Nagari (" Ngar "), is an abugida ( alphasyllabary ) alphabet of India and Nepal . It is written from left to right , has a strong preference for symmetrical rounded shapes within squared outlines , and is recognisable by a horizontal line that runs along the top of full letters . In a cursory look , the Devanagari script appears different from other Indic scripts such as ___MASK71___ , Oriya , or Gurmukhi , but a closer examination reveals they are very similar except for angles and structural emphasis . Maithils ( Devnagri :      , Tirhuta :      ) are an Indo - Aryan ethno - linguistic group who speak the ___MASK88___ and inhabit the Mithila region , which is now divided between Mithila , India ( Northern Bihar ) and Mithila , Nepal ( eastern Terai ). Bengal ( bgl ; ___MASK71___ :    ,      and    ) is a region in Asia which is located in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent at the apex of the Bay of Bengal . Geographically , it is made up by the Ganges - Brahmaputra delta system , the largest such formation in the world ; along with mountains in its north ( bordering the Himalayan states ) and east ( bordering Northeast India and Burma ). Vedic ___MASK54___ is an Indo - European language , more specifically one branch of the Indo - Iranian group . It is the ancient language of the Vedas of Hinduism , texts compiled over the period of the mid - 2nd to mid - 1st millennium BCE . It was orally preserved , predating the advent of Brahmi script by several centuries . Vedic ___MASK54___ is an archaic language , whose consensus translation has been challenging . ___MASK54___ ( ___MASK39___ pronunciation :; written in Devanagari script ; : or ', originally ', " refined speech ") is the primary sacred language of Hinduism and " Mahyna " Buddhism , a philosophical language in Hinduism , Jainism , Buddhism and Sikhism . It was also a literary language that was in use as a " lingua franca " in ancient and medieval South Asia . It is a standardised dialect of Old Indo - Aryan , originating as Vedic ___MASK54___ and tracing its linguistic ancestry back to Proto - Indo - Iranian and Proto - Indo - European . Today it is listed as one of the 22 scheduled languages of India and is an official language of the state of Uttarakhand . As one of the oldest Indo - European languages for which substantial written documentation exists , ___MASK54___ holds a prominent position in Indo - European studies . Nepal , officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal , is a landlocked central Himalayan country in South Asia . It has a population of 26 . 4 million and is the 93rd largest country by area . Bordering China in the north and India in the south , east , and west , it is the largest sovereign Himalayan state . Nepal does not border Bangladesh , which is located within only 27 km ( 17 mi ) of its southeastern tip . It neither borders Bhutan due to the Indian state of Sikkim being located in between . Nepal has a diverse geography , including fertile plains , subalpine forested hills , and eight of the world ' s ten tallest mountains , including Mount Everest , the highest point on Earth . Kathmandu is the nation ' s capital and largest city . It is a multiethnic nation with ___MASK56___ as the official language . Couas are large , mostly terrestrial birds of the cuckoo family , endemic to the island of Madagascar . " Coua " derives from " koa ", the ___MASK90___ name for a cuckoo or coua , which is in turn an onomatopoeic of some species ' call notes .