Asia here is divided in 54 territories. Territories have been grouped by the following regions: Central Asia, Eastern Asia, Northern Asia, Southeastern Asia, Southern Asia, Western Asia.
Central Asia
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Tajikistan
- Uzbekistan
Eastern Asia
- China
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- Macau
- Mongolia
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Taiwan
- Tibet (occupied by China, here considered in borders of Tibetan Autonomous Region)
Northern Asia
Southeastern Asia
- Brunei
- Burma (Myanmar)
- Cambodia
- Indonesia
- Laos
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Singapore
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Vietnam
Southern Asia
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brittish Indian Ocean Territory
- India
- Maldives
- Nepal
- Pakistan
- Sri Lanka
Western Asia
- Akrotiri and Dhekelia (in Cyprus, administered by United Kingdom)
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Cyprus
- Georgia
- Iraq
- Iran
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kuwait
- Lebanon
- Oman
- Palestine
- Quatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Syria
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- Yemen
Featured:
Ajanta Caves - rock cut Buddhist temples
Ajanta Caves - map. Gatis Pāvils, CC-BY-SA-3.0
Unique feature of Indian cultural heritage is rock-cut chambers - cave temples and monasteries.
One of the best known and most impressive groups of cave temples is Ajanta Caves. These caves contain some of the richest collections of ancient art in region. Ajanta art inspired numerous artists of late 19th - early 20th centuries, many people were essentially obsessed with copying Ajanta paintings, there have been written numerous books about this phenomenal achievement of humanity.
2009 Gatis Pāvils